Oreoleuciscus
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Oreoleuciscus is a genus of cyprinid
fish which is only found in Russia
and Mongolia
. There are currently four recognized species in this genus
Cyprinid
The family Cyprinidae, from the Ancient Greek kyprînos , consists of the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives . Commonly called the carp family or the minnow family, its members are also known as cyprinids...
fish which is only found in Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
and Mongolia
Mongolia
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, east and west. Although Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, its western-most point is only from Kazakhstan's eastern tip. Ulan Bator, the capital and largest...
. There are currently four recognized species in this genus
Species
- Oreoleuciscus angusticephalus Bogutskaya, 2001 (Narrow-headed Altai osman)
- Oreoleuciscus dsapchynensis Warpachowski, 1889
- Oreoleuciscus humilis Warpachowski, 1889 (Dwarf Altai osman)
- Oreoleuciscus potanini (KesslerKarl Fedorovich KesslerKarl Fedorovich Kessler was a German-Russian zoologist and author of zoological taxa signed Kessler, who was mostly active in Kiev, Ukraine and conducted most of his studies of birds in Ukrainian regions of the Russian Empire - Kiev Governorate, Volyn Governorate, Kherson Governorate, Poltava...
, 1879) (Altai osman)