| Opsariichthys | |
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| Opsariichthys uncirostris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Xenocyprididae |
| Genus: | Opsariichthys Bleeker, 18631 |
| Type species | |
| Leuciscus uncirostris | |
Opsariichthys is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies21 found in freshwater habitats in Mainland China (including Hainan), Taiwan, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam.3
Species
These are the species, some with uncertain status:24
- Opsariichthys acutipinnis (Bleeker, 1871)
- Opsariichthys amurensis Berg 1932
- Opsariichthys bea Nguyen, 1987
- Opsariichthys bidens Günther, 1873
- Opsariichthys chengtui (Sh. Kimura, 1934)
- Opsariichthys dienbienensis V. H. Nguyễn & H. D. Nguyễn, 2000
- Opsariichthys duchuunguyeni Huynh T. Q. & I. S. Chen, 20133
- Opsariichthys evolans (D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1902)
- Opsariichthys hainanensis Nichols & C. H. Pope, 1927
- Opsariichthys hieni T. T. Nguyen, 1987
- Opsariichthys iridescens X. Peng, J. J. Zhou & J. Q. Yang, 2024
- Opsariichthys jishuiensis Zha & Xu, 2025
- Opsariichthys kaopingensis I. S. Chen & J. H. Wu, 2009
- Opsariichthys macrolepis (Yang & Hwang, 1964)
- Opsariichthys minutus Nichols, 1926
- Opsariichthys pachycephalus Günther, 1868
- Opsariichthys rubriventris J. B. Chen, Y. T. Li, J. J. Zhou & J. J. Wang 2024
- 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.43
References
References
- Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Xenocyprididae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Opsariichthys". FishBase. October 2016 version.
- 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.
- Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Opsariichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 January 2025.