Decorus

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Decorus | authority = Zheng, Chen & Yang, 2019<ref name = "Cof family">{{Cof family|family=Labeoninae|access-date=19 December 2024}}</ref> | type_species = ''Labeo decorus'' | type_species_authority = Peters, 1881<ref name = "Cof family"/> }}

'''''Decorus''''' is a genus of cyprinid freshwater fish found in China and India. This genus was split from ''Bangana'' in 2019.<ref name="onlinelibrary.wiley.com">{{Cite journal |doi = 10.1111/jzs.12294|title = Molecular phylogeny and systematic revision of ''Bangana'' sensu lato (Teleostei, Cyprinidae)|journal = Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research|volume = 57|issue = 4|pages = 884–891|year = 2019|last1 = Zheng|first1 = Lan-Ping|last2 = Chen|first2 = Xiao-Yong|last3 = Yang|first3 = Jun-Xing| s2cid=190878336 |doi-access = free}}</ref>

The generic name is Latin for "beautiful" and is tautonymous with the type species.<ref name = ETYFish>{{cite web | url = https://etyfish.org/labeoninae/ | title = Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily LABEONINAE Bleeker 1859 (Labeos) | access-date = 29 July 2024 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 19 July 2024}}</ref>

==Species== There are currently five recognized species in this genus.<ref name=FishBase>{{FishBase genus | genus = Decorus| month = July | year = 2024}}</ref><ref name = "Cof genus">{{Cof genus|genus=Decorus|access-date=19 December 2024}}</ref> {{linked species list |Decorus decorus |(Peters, 1881) |Decorus lemassoni |Pellegrin & Chevey, 1936) |Decorus rendahli |(Kimura, 1934) |Decorus tungting |(Nichols, 1925) |Decorus xanthogenys |(Pellegrin & Chevey, 1936) }}

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Category:Decorus Category:Cyprinidae genera Category:Cyprinid fish of Asia Category:Labeoninae