Erythroculter
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Erythroculter hypselonotus is a species of cyprinid
fish
, the sole member of the genus Erythroculter. This species was originally described as Culter erythropterus. The name is derived from the Greek
word erythros, meaning "red", and the Latin word culter, meaning "knife".
Cyprinid
The family Cyprinidae, from the Ancient Greek kyprînos , consists of the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives . Commonly called the carp family or the minnow family, its members are also known as cyprinids...
fish
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
, the sole member of the genus Erythroculter. This species was originally described as Culter erythropterus. The name is derived from the Greek
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
word erythros, meaning "red", and the Latin word culter, meaning "knife".