Rhynchocypris
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Rhynchocypris is a genus of Eurasian cyprinid
fishes. There are currently six described 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...
fishes. There are currently six described species in this genus.
Species
- Rhynchocypris czekanowskii (Dybowski, 1869) (Czekanowski's minnow)
- Rhynchocypris dementjevi (Turdakov & Piskarev, 1954)
- Rhynchocypris lagowskii (Dybowski, 1869) (Amur minnow)
- Rhynchocypris oxycephalus (SauvageHenri Émile Sauvage- Works :Articles in The Popular Science Monthly:* “Amphibious Fishes,” in Popular Science Monthly Volume 9, September 1876* “The Archer-Fishes,” in Popular Science Monthly Volume 12, January 1878* “The Matamata,” in Popular Science Monthly Volume 16, March 1880...
& Dabry de Thiersant, 1874) (Chinese minnow) - Rhynchocypris percnurus (PallasPeter Simon PallasPeter Simon Pallas was a German zoologist and botanist who worked in Russia.- Life and work :Pallas was born in Berlin, the son of Professor of Surgery Simon Pallas. He studied with private tutors and took an interest in natural history, later attending the University of Halle and the University...
, 1814) (Lake minnow) - Rhynchocypris poljakowii (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) (Balkhash minnow)