''Gymnocypris'' is a
genus
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of
fish
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in the
family
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Cyprinidae endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found 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 found else ...
to
China.
Species
There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:
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Gymnocypris chilianensis
''Gymnocypris chilianensis'' is a species of cyprinid
Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the l ...
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S. C. Li & S. Y. Chang, 1974
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Gymnocypris chui
''Gymnocypris chui'' is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Tibet
Tibet (; ''Böd''; ) is a region in East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resi ...
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T. L. Tchang, T. H. Yueh & H. C. Hwang, 1964
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Gymnocypris dobula
''Gymnocypris dobula'' is a species of cyprinid
Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest ...
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Günther, 1868
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Gymnocypris eckloni
''Gymnocypris eckloni'' is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to China.
Named in honor of F. L. Ecklon, one of Nikolai Przhevalsky’s assistants during his second trip to Tibet
Tibet (; ''Böd''; ) is a region in East Asia, coverin ...
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Herzenstein, 1891
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Gymnocypris namensis
''Gymnocypris namensis'' is a species of cyprinid
Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the large ...
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( Y. F. Wu & M. L. Ren, 1982)
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Gymnocypris pengquensis
''Gymnocypris'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are ...
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Y. T. Tang, C. G. Feng, K. Y. Wanghe, G. G. Li & K. Zhao, 2016 [Tang, Y.-T., Feng, C.-G., Wanghe, K.-Y., Li, G.-G. & Zhao, K. (2016): Taxonomic status of a population of ''Gymnocypris waddelli'' Regan, 1905 (Cypriniformes: Schizothoracinae) distributed in Pengqu River, Tibet, China. ''Zootaxa, 4126 (1): 123–137.'']
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Gymnocypris potanini
''Gymnocypris potanini'' is a species of cyprinid
Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the large ...
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Herzenstein, 1891
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Gymnocypris przewalskii
''Gymnocypris przewalskii'' (common name: Przewalskii's naked carp; in ) is a species of cyprinid that is endemic to the Lake Qinghai basin in China, where it is the dominant fish species (the other natives are four ''Triplophysa'' loaches).Zhan ...
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Gymnocypris scleracanthus
''Gymnocypris scleracanthus'' is a species of cyprinid
Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the ...
''
Tsao, C. Z. Wu, Chen & Zhu, 1992
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Gymnocypris waddellii
''Gymnocypris waddellii'' is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Tibet.
Named in honor of Lieut.-Col. Laurence Austine Waddell, C.B. ompanion of the Order of the Bath(1854-1938), British army surgeon, explorer, philologist, linguist, and chem ...
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Regan
The family name Regan, along with its cognates O'Regan, O Regan, Reagan, and O'Reagan, is an Anglicized form of the Irish surname Ó Riagáin or Ó Ríogáin, from Ua Riagáin. The meaning is likely to have originated in ancient Gaelic ''ri'' ...
, 1905
References
Taxa named by Albert Günther
Freshwater fish of China
Cyprinid fish of Asia
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