Rhynchocypris

Rhynchocypris
Amur minnow (Rhynchocypris lagowskii)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Leuciscidae
Subfamily:	Pseudaspininae
Genus:	Rhynchocypris Günther, 1889 [1]
Type species
Rhynchocypris variegata Günther, 1889 [1]
Synonyms [1]
Czekanowskiella Dybowski, 1916 EupallasellaDybowski, 1916 LagowskiellaDybowski, 1916 Moroco Jordan & Hubbs, 1925

Rhynchocypris is a genus of ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, chubs, true minnows and related fishes. These relatively small fishes are found in Eurasia.

Species

Rhynchocypriscontains the following valid species: ^[2]

• Rhynchocypris czekanowskii (Dybowski, 1869) (Czekanowski's minnow)
• Rhynchocypris dementjevi (Turdakov & Piskarev, 1954)
• Rhynchocypris deogyuensis Lee & Sim, 2017 (Deogyu fat-minnow)
• Rhynchocypris jouyi (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
• Rhynchocypris keumkang (Chyung, 1977) (Fat minnow)
• Rhynchocypris lagowskii (Dybowski, 1869) (Amur minnow)
• Rhynchocypris mantschurica (Berg, 1907) (Manchurian Lake minnow)
• Rhynchocypris oxycephalus (Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874) (Chinese minnow)
• Rhynchocypris percnurus (Pallas, 1814) (Lake minnow)
• Rhynchocypris sachalinensis (Berg, 1907)
• Rhynchocypris semotilus (Jordan & Starks, 1905)
• Rhynchocypris steindachneri (Sauvage, 1883)

References

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Rhynchocypris". FishBase . August 2011 version.

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Pseuaspininae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 22 May 2025.
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.