Chinese minnow
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Pseudaspininae
Genus: Rhynchocypris
Species:
R. oxycephalus
Binomial name
Rhynchocypris oxycephalus
(Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Lagowskiella czekanowskii suifunensis
  • Leuciscus costatus
  • Moroco oxycephalus
  • Phoxinus czekanowskii suifunensis
  • Phoxinus lagowskii oxycephalus
  • Phoxinus oxycephalus
  • Phoxinus percnurus suifunensis
  • Pseudophoxinus oxycephalus[1]

The Chinese minnow (Rhynchocypris oxycephalus) is an Asian species of small freshwater cyprinid fish.[2] It is found from the Amur rivers in the north to the Yangtze in China in the south.

References

  1. 1 2 Bogutskaya, N. (2022). "Rhynchocypris oxycephalus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T159709916A159709987. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T159709916A159709987.en. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Rhynchocypris oxycephalus" in FishBase. November 2014 version.


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