Biology:Amur minnow

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Amur minnow
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Pseudaspininae
Genus: Rhynchocypris
Species:
R. lagowskii
Binomial name
Rhynchocypris lagowskii
(Dybowski, 1869)
Synonyms[2]
  • D. S. Jordan & Hubbs, 1925 Dybowski, 1869
  • Rendahl, 1928 Pseudaspius bergi
  • Phoxinus lagowskii D. S. Jordan & Metz, 1913
  • Moroco yamamotis Phoxinus lagowskii chorensis

The Amur minnow or Lagowski's minnow (Rhynchocypris lagowskii) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, chubs, true minnows and related fishes.[2] It is found from the Lena and Amur rivers in the north to the Yangtze in China in the south, and in Japan.[3]

References

  1. Bogutskaya, N. (2022). "Rhynchocypris lagowskii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T159709657A159709687.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/159709657/159709687. Retrieved 22 May 2025. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Species in the genus Rhynchocypris". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=species&genus=Rhynchocypris. 
  3. Nishida, Kazuya; Koizumi, Noriyuki; Satoh, Toshiyuki; Senga, Yutaro; Takemura, Takeshi; Watabe, Keiji; Mori, Atsushi (2015). "Influence of the domestic alien fish Rhynchocypris oxycephalus invasion on the distribution of the closely related native fish R. lagowskii in the Tama River Basin, Japan". Landscape and Ecological Engineering 11 (1): 169–176. doi:10.1007/s11355-014-0257-8. Bibcode2015LaEcE..11..169N. 

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