Amur minnow

Amur minnow
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
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]
Phoxinus lagowskii Dybowski, 1869 Pseudaspius bergi D. S. Jordan & Metz, 1913 Moroco yamamotis D. S. Jordan & Hubbs, 1925 Phoxinus lagowskii chorensis Rendahl, 1928

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]

References

1. Bogutskaya, N. (2022). "Rhynchocypris lagowskii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022 e.T159709657A159709687. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T159709657A159709687.en . Retrieved 22 May 2025.
2. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Rhynchocypris". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 22 May 2025.
3. Nishida, Kazuya; Koizumi, Noriyuki; Satoh, Toshiyuki; Senga, Yutaro; Takemura, Takeshi; Watabe, Keiji; Mori, Atsushi (2015). "Influence of the domestic alien fish Rhynchocypris oxycephalus invasion on the distribution of the closely related native fish R. lagowskii in the Tama River Basin, Japan". Landscape and Ecological Engineering. 11 (1): 169–176. Bibcode:2015LaEcE..11..169N. doi:10.1007/s11355-014-0257-8. S2CID   10488199.