Amur minnow | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Leuciscidae |
Subfamily: | Pseudaspininae |
Genus: | Rhynchocypris |
Species: | R. lagowskii |
Binomial name | |
Rhynchocypris lagowskii (Dybowski, 1869) | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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The Amur minnow or Lagowski's minnow (Rhynchocypris lagowskii) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, chubs, true minnows and related fishes. [2] It is found from the Lena and Amur rivers in the north to the Yangtze in China in the south, and in Japan. [3]