| Decorus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Labeoninae |
| Genus: | Decorus Zheng, Chen & Yang, 20191 |
| Type species | |
| Labeo decorus | |
Decorus is a genus of cyprinid freshwater fish found in China and India. This genus was split from Bangana in 2019.2
The generic name is Latin for "beautiful" and is tautonymous with the type species.3
Species
There are currently five recognized species in this genus.45
- Decorus decorus (Peters, 1881)
- Decorus lemassoni Pellegrin & Chevey, 1936)
- Decorus rendahli (Kimura, 1934)
- Decorus tungting (Nichols, 1925)
- Decorus xanthogenys (Pellegrin & Chevey, 1936)
References
References
- Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Labeoninae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
- 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.
- Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Decorus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 December 2024.