Xenocypris
| Xenocypris Temporal range: Pliocene-recent
| |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Xenocyprinae |
| Genus: | Xenocypris Günther, 1868 |
| Type species | |
| Xenocypris argentea Günther, 1868
| |
Xenocypris is a genus of
cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia
. There are currently seven species in this genus, one, X. yushensis, being known only from fossils, and one, X. yunnanensis, which is critically endangered or recently extinct.
Species
- Xenocypris davidi Bleeker, 1871
- Xenocypris fangi T. L. Tchang, 1930
- Xenocypris hupeinensis (P. L. Yih, 1964)
- Xenocypris macrolepis Bleeker, 1871 (Yellowfin)
- Xenocypris medius (Ōshima, 1920)
- Xenocypris yunnanensis Nichols, 1925
- †Shanxi Province)
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Xenocypris in FishBase. October 2011 version.
 | This article relating to Xenocyprinae is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |