''Xenocypris'' is a genus of freshwater
ray-finned fish
Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fins made of webbings of sk ...
belonging to the
family
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Xenocyprididae
Xenocyprididae, is a family of freshwater ray-finned fishes commonly called the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies with a natural distribution in Asia. This taxon, sometimes spelt Xenocypridae, was previously regarded to be a subfamily, Xenocypri ...
, 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:
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Xenocypris davidi''
Bleeker, 1871
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Xenocypris fangi''
T. L. Tchang, 1930
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Xenocypris hupeinensis''
( P. L. Yih, 1964)
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Xenocypris macrolepis''
Bleeker, 1871
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Xenocypris medius''
( Ōshima, 1920)
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Xenocypris schisturus''
(Oshima, 1920)
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Xenocypris yunnanensis''
Nichols, 1925
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Xenocypris yushensis''
Liu & Su, 1962 (
Pliocene
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References
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Xenocyprididae
Taxa named by Albert Günther
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