''Sinocrossocheilus'' is a genus of
cyprinid
Cyprinidae is a Family (biology), family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family, including the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives the barb (fish), barbs and barbel (fish), barbels, among others. Cyprinidae is the ...
fish
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
to fast-flowing rivers in
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
and sometimes found
in caves.
Species
These are the described species in this genus:
* ''
Sinocrossocheilus guizhouensis''
H. W. Wu, 1977
* ''
Sinocrossocheilus labiatus''
R. F. Su, J. X. Yang & G. H. Cui, 2003
References
Cyprinidae genera
Cyprinid fish of Asia
Freshwater fish of China
Labeoninae
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