Chinese minnow

Chinese 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. oxycephalus
Binomial name
Rhynchocypris oxycephalus (Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874)
Synonyms [2]
Pseudophoxinus oxycephalus Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874 Phoxinus oxycephalus (Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant 1874) Leuciscus costatus Fowler, 1899 Pseudaspius modestus D. S. Jordan & Metz, 1913 Moroco variegatus septentrionalis Mori, 1930 Phoxinus czekanowskii suifunensis Berg, 1932 Rhynchocypris variegata Günther, 1889

The Chinese minnow (Rhynchocypris oxycephalus) 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 Amur river in the north to the Yangtze in China in the south.

References

1. Bogutskaya, N. (2022). "Rhynchocypris oxycephalus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022 e.T159709916A159709987. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T159709916A159709987.en . Retrieved 3 April 2023.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Rhynchocypris". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 22 May 2025.