Xenocypris
| Xenocypris Temporal range: Pliocene-recent
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Xenocyprinae |
| Genus: | Xenocypris Günther, 1868 |
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Günther, 1868
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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
- , 1930
- (, 1964)
- Bleeker, 1871 (Yellowfin)
- (Ōshima, 1920)
- Xenocypris yunnanensis Nichols, 1925
- Liu & Su, 1962 (Pliocene Shanxi Province)
References[]
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Xenocypris in FishBase. October 2011 version.
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- Cyprinid fish of Asia
- Cyprinidae genera
- Xenocyprinae
- Taxa named by Albert Günther
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