''Xenocypris'' is a genus 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 and most diverse fish family and the largest verte ...

fish found in eastern

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. 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

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Xenocypris davidi ''Xenocypris davidi'' () is a freshwater fish native to the Pearl River, Hainan Island, the Yangtze River, the Yellow River and the southeast coast of China. It is the subject of artisanal fishing Artisanal fishing (or traditional/subsistence f ...

Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Xenocypris fangi ''Xenocypris fangi'' is a species of cyprinid in China, of the genus ''Xenocypris''. It has a maximum length of and a common length of . It inhabits the upper Yangtze The Yangtze or Yangzi ( or ; ) is the longest river in Asia, the ...

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Xenocypris hupeinensis ''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 exti ...

'' ( P. L. Yih, 1964) *''

Xenocypris macrolepis ''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 exti ...

Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Xenocypris medius ''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 exti ...

'' ( Ōshima, 1920) *''

Xenocypris yunnanensis ''Xenocypris yunnanensis'', the Kunming nase, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Xenocypris''. It is endemic to Lake Dianchi in Yunnan Province, China. The species started to decline in the 1970s and has not been caught in the lake aft ...

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Xenocypris yushensis ''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 exti ...

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References

* Cyprinid fish of Asia Cyprinidae genera Xenocyprinae Taxa named by Albert Günther {{Cyprinidae-stub