Rhynchocypris keumkang

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Rhynchocypris keumkang
Phoxinus kumgangensis, Danyang.jpg
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Pseudaspininae
Genus: Rhynchocypris
Species:
R. keumkang
Binomial name
Rhynchocypris keumkang
(Chyung, 1977)
Synonyms [1]
  • Moroco keumkang Chyung, 1977
  • Phoxinus keumkang (Chyung 1977)
  • Phoxinus kumgangensis Kim, 1980
  • Rhynchocypris kumgangensis (Kim 1980)

Rhynchocypris keumkang, the fat minnow, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, chubs, true minnows and related fishes. [1] It is endemic to Korea. [2]

References

  1. 1 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.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Phoxinus keumkang". FishBase .