Culter

To see more, see Culter (disambiguation).

Culter is a genus of cyprinids in the subfamily Cultrinae found in freshwater areas of East Asia. The name means "knife" in Latin. They are simply called culters and are related to Chanodichthys.

 Species 

 Culter alburnus Basilewsky, 1855 (topmouth culter)
 Culter flavipinnis Tirant, 1883
 Culter oxycephaloides Kreyenberg & Pappenheim, 1908
 Culter recurviceps J. Richardson, 1846

 Type species 
The type species is the topmouth culter (Culter alburnus).

 References 

 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Culter alburnus" on FishBase. January 2010 version.
 Huckstorf, V.; Freyhof, J. (2012). "Chanodichthys flavipinnis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
 "Fishing in China for Topmouth Culter aka Skygazer".


 Other websites 

 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0308814623025979

Category:Freshwater fish
Category:Xenocyprididae
Category:Animals of Asia