Xenocypris
Sign in to saveXenocypris is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies. In addition to the extant species, X. yushensis, being known only from fossils, and one, X. yunnanensis, which is critically endangered or recently extinct.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Xenocypris is referenced by 12 other articles, and connects out to Xenocyprididae, Animalia and Chordata.
Vinony files it under Taxa named by Albert Günther, Xenocyprididae and Xenocypris.
Its subject is documented across 14 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCypriniformes
- FamilyCyprinidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 50
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Collections
- USNM, UMMZ, CAS, ANSP, NHMUK, FMNH
- Recorded in
- China, Vietnam
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Cyprinidae
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- Xenocypris
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Xenocypris is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies. In addition to the extant species, X. yushensis, being known only from fossils, and one, X. yunnanensis, which is critically endangered or recently extinct.
==Species== Xenocypris contains the following species: Xenocypris davidi Bleeker, 1871 Xenocypris fangi T. L. Tchang, 1930 Xenocypris hupeinensis (P. L. Yih, 1964) Xenocypris macrolepis Bleeker, 1871 Xenocypris medius (Ōshima, 1920) Xenocypris schisturus (Oshima, 1920) Xenocypris yunnanensis Nichols, 1925 Xenocypris yushensis Liu & Su, 1962 (Pliocene Shanxi Province)
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