Lake minnow

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Lake minnow
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Pseudaspininae
Genus: Rhynchocypris
Species:
R. percnurus
Binomial name
Rhynchocypris percnurus
(Pallas, 1814)
Synonyms
  • Cyprinus percnurusPallas, 1814
  • Cyprinus perenurusPallas, 1814
  • Eupallasella percnurus(Pallas, 1814)
  • Eupallasella perenurus(Pallas, 1814)
  • Leucaspius fischeri Sabanyeev, 1871
  • Morocco percnurus(Pallas, 1814)
  • Moroco percnurus sachalinensis(Berg, 1907)
  • Phoxinus altusWarpachowski, 1887
  • Phoxinus cruciferGratzianov, 1907
  • Phoxinus czekanowskii posnaniensisBerg, 1932
  • Phoxinus dybowskiiLorec & Wolski, 1910
  • Phoxinus jelskiiDybowski, 1869
  • Phoxinus laevis var. punctatusBenecke, 1881
  • Phoxinus percnurus(Pallas, 1814)
  • Phoxinus percnurus dauricusDybowski, 1877
  • Phoxinus percnurus gdaniensisBerg, 1932
  • Phoxinus percnurus mantschuricusBerg, 1907
  • Phoxinus percnurus occidentalisKaj, 1953
  • Phoxinus percnurus posnaniensisBerg, 1932
  • Phoxinus percnurus sachalinensisBerg, 1907
  • Phoxinus percnurus sarykulRuzskii, 1926
  • Phoxinus perenurus(Pallas, 1814)
  • Phoxinus perenurus dauricus Dybowski, 1877
  • Phoxinus perenurus mantschuricusBerg, 1907
  • Phoxinus sabanejewiWarpachowski, 1887
  • Phoxinus stagnalisWarpachowski, 1886
  • Phoxinus variabilisWarpachowski, 1887

The lake minnow or swamp minnow (Rhynchocypris percnurus) is a Eurasian species of small freshwater cyprinid fish. [2] It has a wide but disjunct distribution including parts of Europe (Belarus, Czech Republic, Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine) and Asia (northern China, Japan, Korea, and Siberia). [1]

Individuals in this species can grow up to 18.5 cm. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Freyhof, J.; Kottelat, M. (2008). "Rhynchocypris percnurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2008: e.T17066A6795295. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T17066A6795295.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Rhynchocypris percnurus" in FishBase . November 2014 version.
  3. "Rhynchocypris percnurus (Pallas 1814) - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2021-09-19.