Hemiculter krempfi Pellegrin & Chevey, 1938
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Hemiculter krempfi is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Hemiculter. It is known only from the Cai River in Khanh Hoa Province and the Da Rang River in Phu Yen Province of central Vietnam. Here it is found mainly over sand substrates and is infrequently encountered in fish markets.
Wikipedia contributors, Hemiculter krempfi; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T22:46:01.716595+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Hemiculter krempfi Pellegrin & Chevey, 1938
- Name authority
- Pellegrin & Chevey, 1938
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Hemiculter
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCypriniformes
- familyCyprinidae Rafinesque, 1815
- subfamilyXenocypridinae Günther, 1868
- genusHemiculter Bleeker, 1860
- speciesHemiculter krempfi Pellegrin & Chevey, 1938
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Hemiculter. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Hemiculter leucisculus (Basilewsky, 1855) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemiculter lucidus (Dybowski, 1872) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemiculter varpachovskii Nikolskii, 1903 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemiculter elongatus Nguyen & Ngo, 2001 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Pellegrin, J.; Chevey P. (1938). Description d’un Cyprinidé nouveau de l’Annam appartenant au genre Hemiculter. Bulletin de La Société Zoologique de France, v. 63: 18–19. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:6LPN9. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.