Opsariichthys

Opsariichthys uncirostris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Genus:	Opsariichthys Bleeker, 1863
Type species
Leuciscus uncirostris Temminck and Schlegel 1846

Opsariichthys is a genus of cyprinid fish^[1]^[2] found in freshwater habitats in Mainland China (including Hainan), Taiwan, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam.^[3] There are currently 12 described species in the genus.^[1]^[2]

Species

There are 13 species, some with uncertain status:^[1]^[2]

Opsariichthys bea T. T. Nguyen, 1987
Opsariichthys bidens Günther, 1873
Opsariichthys dienbienensis V. H. Nguyễn & H. D. Nguyễn, 2000
Opsariichthys duchuunguyeni Huynh T. Q. & I. S. Chen, 2013^[3]
Opsariichthys evolans (D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1902)
Opsariichthys hainanensis Nichols & C. H. Pope, 1927
Opsariichthys hieni T. T. Nguyen, 1987
Opsariichthys kaopingensis I. S. Chen & J. H. Wu, 2009
Opsariichthys macrolepis (Yang & Hwang, 1964)
Opsariichthys minutus Nichols, 1926
Opsariichthys pachycephalus Günther, 1868
Opsariichthys songmaensis V. H. Nguyễn & H. D. Nguyễn, 2000
Opsariichthys uncirostris (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) — three-lips, hasu (ハス)

The status of Opsariichthys bea and Opsariichthys hieni are uncertain; the former might belong to the genus Parazacco and the latter to Rasbora.^[2]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Opsariichthys in FishBase. October 2016 version.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke; R. van der Laan, eds. (1 March 2017). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c Huynh, Thien Quang; Chen, I-Shiung (2013). "A new species of cyprinid fish of genus Opsariichthys from Ky Cung – Bang Giang river basin, northern Vietnam with notes on the taxonomic status of the genus from Northern Vietnam and Southern China" (PDF). Journal of Marine Science and Technology. 21 (Suppl): 135–145. doi:10.6119/JMST-013-1219-12.