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Xenocypris

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Cyprinidae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Cypriniformes

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Similar
  
Cypriniformes, Chanodichthys, Hemiculter, Toxabramis, Culter

Xenocypris is a genus of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia. There are currently seven species in this genus, one, X. shushensis, being known only from fossils, and one, X. yunnanensis, which is critically endangered or recently extinct.

Species

  • Xenocypris davidi Bleeker, 1871
  • Xenocypris fangi T. L. Tchang, 1930
  • Xenocypris hupeinensis (P. L. Yih, 1964)
  • Xenocypris macrolepis Bleeker, 1871 (Yellowfin)
  • Xenocypris medius (Ōshima, 1920)
  • Xenocypris yunnanensis Nichols, 1925
  • Xenocypris yushensis Liu & Su, 1962

    • References

    Xenocypris Wikipedia
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