Psilorhynchus is a
genus of
fish in the family Psilorhynchidae native to
South Asia. This genus is the only member of its
family. The members of Psilorhynchus are small
benthic fishes which occur in rivers and streams with fast to swift currents, hence they are often referred to a torrent minnows. They are distributed in southern Asia, in the
Indo-Burma region and the
Western Ghats.
The genus is the sister group to the family
Cyprinidae, and with that family the Psilorhynchidae makes up the superfamily Cyprinoidea, with all the other cypriniform families in the superfamily
Cobitoidea.[1]
Species
There are currently 29 recognized species in this genus:
^Shangningam, Bungdon and Kosygin, Laishram, 2021 Psilorhynchus magnaoculus, a new species of torrent minnow
(Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae) from Myanmar. Rec. zool. Surv. India: Vol. 121(3)/319-324, 2021
^Conway, K.W. & Pinion, A.K. (2016): Psilorhynchus tysoni, a new species of torrent minnow from the Salween River drainage, western Thailand (Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae). Zootaxa, 4136 (3): 580-592.
Psilorhynchus is a
genus of
fish in the family Psilorhynchidae native to
South Asia. This genus is the only member of its
family. The members of Psilorhynchus are small
benthic fishes which occur in rivers and streams with fast to swift currents, hence they are often referred to a torrent minnows. They are distributed in southern Asia, in the
Indo-Burma region and the
Western Ghats.
The genus is the sister group to the family
Cyprinidae, and with that family the Psilorhynchidae makes up the superfamily Cyprinoidea, with all the other cypriniform families in the superfamily
Cobitoidea.[1]
Species
There are currently 29 recognized species in this genus:
^Shangningam, Bungdon and Kosygin, Laishram, 2021 Psilorhynchus magnaoculus, a new species of torrent minnow
(Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae) from Myanmar. Rec. zool. Surv. India: Vol. 121(3)/319-324, 2021
^Conway, K.W. & Pinion, A.K. (2016): Psilorhynchus tysoni, a new species of torrent minnow from the Salween River drainage, western Thailand (Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae). Zootaxa, 4136 (3): 580-592.