Biology:Chinese minnow

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Chinese minnow
Scientific classification edit
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[2]
  • Rhynchocypris variegata Pseudaspius modestus
  • Pseudophoxinus oxycephalus Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874
  • (Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant 1874) D. S. Jordan & Metz, 1913
  • Moroco variegatus septentrionalis Leuciscus costatus
  • Mori, 1930 Günther, 1889
  • Phoxinus oxycephalus Fowler, 1899
  • Berg, 1932 Phoxinus czekanowskii suifunensis

The Chinese minnow (Rhynchocypris oxycephalus) 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 Amur river in the north to the Yangtze in China in the south.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5643883 entry