Psilorhynchus
Introduction '''''Psilorhynchus''''' is a genus of fish in the family '''''Psilorhynchidae''''' native to South Asia. This genus is the only member of its family. The members of ''Psilorhynchus'' are small benthic fishes which occur in rivers and streams with fast to swift currents, hence they are often referred to a torrent minnows. They are distributed in southern Asia, in the Indo-Burma region and the Western Ghats.The genus is the sister group to the family Cyprinidae, and with that family the Psilorhynchidae makes up the superfamily Cyprinoidea, with all the other cypriniform families in the superfamily Cobitoidea.
Species There are currently 29 recognized species in this genus:* ''Psilorhynchus amplicephalus'' Arunachalam, Muralidharan & Sivakumar, 2007* ''Psilorhynchus arunachalensis'' (Nebeshwar, Bagra & D. N. Das, 2007)* ''Psilorhynchus balitora'' (F. Hamilton, 1822) * ''Psilorhynchus brachyrhynchus'' Conway & Britz, 2010 * ''Psilorhynchus breviminor'' Conway & Mayden, 2008* ''Psilorhynchus chakpiensis'' Shangningam & Vishwanath, 2013 * ''Psilorhynchus gokkyi'' Conway & Britz, 2010 * ''Psilorhynchus hamiltoni'' Conway, Dittmer, Jezisek & H. H. Ng, 2013 * ''Psilorhynchus homaloptera'' Hora & Mukerji, 1935 * ''Psilorhynchus kaladanensis'' Lal Ramliana, Lal Nuntluanga & Lal Ronunga, 2015 * ''Psilorhynchus khopai'' Lal Ramliana, Solo, Lal Ronunga & Lal Nuntluanga, 2014 * ''Psilorhynchus konemi'' Shangningam & Vishwanath, 2016 * ''Psilorhynchus maculatus'' Shangningam & Vishwanath, 2013 * ''Psilorhynchus magnaoculus'' Bungdon Shangningam and Laishram Kosygin, 2021* ''Psilorhynchus melissa'' Conway & Kottelat, 2010  * ''Psilorhynchus microphthalmus'' Vishwanath & Manojkumar, 1995* ''Psilorhynchus nepalensis'' Conway & Mayden, 2008* ''Psilorhynchus ngathanu'' Shangningam & Vishwanath, 2013 * ''Psilorhynchus nudithoracicus'' Tilak & Husain, 1980 * ''Psilorhynchus olliei'' Conway & Britz, 2015 * ''Psilorhynchus pavimentatus'' Conway & Kottelat, 2010 * ''Psilorhynchus piperatus'' Conway & Britz, 2010 * ''Psilorhynchus pseudecheneis'' Menon & A. K. Datta, 1964 * ''Psilorhynchus rahmani'' Conway & Mayden, 2008* ''Psilorhynchus robustus'' Conway & Kottelat, 2007* ''Psilorhynchus rowleyi'' Hora & Misra, 1941 * ''Psilorhynchus sucatio'' (F. Hamilton, 1822) * ''Psilorhynchus tenura'' Arunachalam & Muralidharan, 2008* ''Psilorhynchus tysoni''  Conway & Pinion, 2016
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