Cultrichthys compressocorpus is a species of cyprinid fish that is only found in Xinkaihu Lake and Jinbohu Lake in China. It is the only member of its genus.

Cultrichthys
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Cultrinae
Genus: Cultrichthys
H. M. Smith, 1938
Species:
C. compressocorpus
Binomial name
Cultrichthys compressocorpus
(P. L. Yih & C. R. Chu, 1959)
Synonyms
  • Culter compressocorpus Yih & Chu, 1959

References

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  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cultrichthys compressocorpus". FishBase. August 2011 version.