Rectoris mutabilis

{{short description|Species of fish}}

{{Speciesbox

|status = LC

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Fernando, E. |year=2024 |title=Rectoris mutabilis |page=e.T212785021A212785023 |access-date=29 December 2024}}

|taxon = Rectoris mutabilis

|authority = (S. Y. Lin, 1933)

|synonyms = {{Specieslist

| Epalzeorhynchus mutabilis | S. Y. Lin, 1933

| Crossocheilus mutabilis | (S. Y. Lin, 1933)

}}

| synonyms_ref = {{Cof genus|genus=Rectoris|access-date=29 December 2024}}

}}

Rectoris mutabilis is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the family which includes the carps, barbs. minnows and related fishes. This species is endemic to Yunnan in China. This species is endemic to China in the drainage basin of the Yangtze in Guizhou, Hunan, Chongqing and Hubei. One study found that there were no discernible differences between the specimens of this species and R. luxiensis suggested that R. mutabilis is s senior synonym of R, luxiensis.{{cite journal |author1=Ding-gui Zhu |author2=E Zhang |name-list-style=& |author3=Jia-Hua Lan |year=2012 |title=Rectoris longibarbus, a new styglophic labeonine species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from South China, with a note on the taxonomy of R. mutabilis (Lin 1933) |journal=Zootaxa |volume=3586 |pages=55-68 |url=https://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/zt03586p068.pdf}} Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes, however, recognises both these taxa as valid species.