Decorus is a genus of cyprinid freshwater fish found in China and India. This genus was split from Bangana in 2019.[1]
| Decorus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Labeoninae |
| Genus: | Decorus Zheng, Chen & Yang, 2019 |
| Type species | |
| Labeo decorus Peters, 1881
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The generic name is Latin for "beautiful" and is tautonymous with the type species.[2]
Species
editThere are currently five recognized species in this genus.[3]
- Decorus decorus (Peters, 1881)
- Decorus lemassoni (Pellegrin & Chevey, 1936)
- Decorus rendahli (Kimura, 1934)
- Decorus tungting (Nichols, 1925)
- Decorus xanthogenys (Pellegrin & Chevey, 1936)
References
edit- ^ Zheng, Lan-Ping; Chen, Xiao-Yong; Yang, Jun-Xing (2019). "Molecular phylogeny and systematic revision of Bangana sensu lato (Teleostei, Cyprinidae)". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 57 (4): 884–891. doi:10.1111/jzs.12294. S2CID 190878336.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (19 July 2024). "Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily LABEONINAE Bleeker 1859 (Labeos)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Decorus". FishBase. July 2024 version.
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