Xenocypris
| Xenocypris Temporal range: Pliocene-recent | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Xenocypris Günther, 1868 |
Xenocypris is a genus of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia. There are currently seven species in this genus, one, X. shushensis, 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
- Xenocypris yushensis Liu & Su, 1962
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Xenocypris in FishBase. October 2011 version.
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