Semilabeo
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Semilabeo is a genus of cyprinid
fishes found in eastern Asia
. There are currently two recognized species in this genus.
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...
fishes found in eastern Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
. There are currently two recognized species in this genus.
Species
- Semilabeo notabilisSemilabeo notabilisSemilabeo notabilis is a species of cyprinid fish found in China and Vietnam....
W. K. H. PetersWilhelm PetersWilhelm Karl Hartwich Peters was a German naturalist and explorer.He was assistant to Johannes Peter Müller and later curator of the Berlin Zoological Museum. In September 1842 he travelled to Mozambique via Angola. He returned to Berlin with an enormous collection of natural history specimens...
, 1881 - Semilabeo obscurus Lin, 1981