''Gymnocypris'' is a

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fish Fish are Aquatic animal, aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack Limb (anatomy), limbs with Digit (anatomy), digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and Chondrichthyes, cartilaginous and bony fish as we ...

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Cyprinidae 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 ve ...

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Species

There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus: * ''

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 ...

'' S. C. Li & S. Y. Chang, 1974 * ''

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 ...

'' T. L. Tchang, T. H. Yueh & H. C. Hwang, 1964 * ''

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 ...

'' Günther, 1868 * ''

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 ...

'' Herzenstein, 1891 * ''

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 ...

'' ( Y. F. Wu & M. L. Ren, 1982) * ''

Gymnocypris pengquensis ''Gymnocypris'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae endemic to China. Species There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus: * '' Gymnocypris chilianensis'' S. C. Li & S. Y. Chang, 1974 * '' Gymnocypris chui'' T. L. Tchang, ...

'' 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.'' * ''

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 ...

'' Herzenstein, 1891 * ''

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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, 1876) * ''

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 * ''

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 ...

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 {{Cyprininae-stub