Biology:Chinese minnow
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Short description: Species of fish
| Chinese minnow | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudaspininae |
| Genus: | Rhynchocypris |
| Species: | R. oxycephalus
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhynchocypris oxycephalus (Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874)
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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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
- ↑ Bogutskaya, N. (2022). "Rhynchocypris oxycephalus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T159709916A159709987.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/159709916/159709987. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
- ↑ 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q5643883 entry
