Percocypris

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Percocypris

| authority = Y. T. Chu, 1935

| type_species = Leptobarbus pingi

|type_species_authority = Tchang, 1930

}}

Percocypris is a genus of cyprinid freshwater fishes found in large rivers and Fuxian Lake in the highlands of southern China and northern mainland southeast Asia.{{Cite journal | doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0061827| pmid=23750199| pmc=3672144| title=Molecular Phylogeny and Biogeography of Percocypris (Cyprinidae, Teleostei)| journal=PLOS ONE| volume=8| issue=6| pages=e61827| year=2013| last1=Wang| first1=Mo| last2=Yang| first2=Jun-Xing| last3=Chen| first3=Xiao-Yong| bibcode=2013PLoSO...861827W| doi-access=free}} They are predators that mainly feed on smaller fish. They can reach up to around {{cvt|50|cm|in}} in standard length and more than {{cvt|2|kg|lb|round=0.5}} in weight.{{Cite journal |doi = 10.1111/jai.13736|title = Length-weight relationships of three fish species from Nujiang River of China|journal = Journal of Applied Ichthyology|volume = 34|issue = 5|pages = 1204–1206|year = 2018|last1 = Zhang|first1 = Min|last2 = Wan|first2 = Li|last3 = Li|first3 = Zhu|last4 = Xie|first4 = Dong|last5 = Xiong|first5 = Wen|last6 = Wang|first6 = Zhengxiang|doi-access = free}}

Percocypris all are rare and threatened. As of 2013, the Chinese Red List only recognizes one species in this genus (others considered subspecies) and treats it as vulnerable. P. tchangi of the Red River has not been confirmed since its original description in 1936 (however, P. retrodorsalis has been recorded recently and some include it in P. tchangi). Primary threats are overfishing and habitat loss, especially from dams and pollution.{{Cite iucn | author = Zhao, H.H. | name-list-style = amp | title = Percocypris pingi | volume = 2011 | page = e.T166209A6190712 | date = 2011 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T166209A6190712.en }} P. pingi is farmed and captive-bred individuals are released back into the wild by several institutions in an attempt of countering its threatened status.{{Cite journal |doi = 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2018.04.056|title = First report of spring viremia of carp virus in Percocypris pingi in China|journal = Aquaculture|volume = 493|pages = 214–218|year = 2018|last1 = Zheng|first1 = L.P.|last2 = Geng|first2 = Y.|last3 = Yu|first3 = Z.H.|last4 = Wang|first4 = K.Y.|last5 = Ou|first5 = Y.P.|last6 = Chen|first6 = D.F.|last7 = Huang|first7 = X.L.|last8 = Deng|first8 = L.J.|last9 = Gan|first9 = W.X.|last10 = Fang|first10 = J.|last11 = Zhong|first11 = Z.J.|last12 = Lai|first12 = W.M.}}