Xenocypris

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = Pliocene-recent

| taxon = Xenocypris

| authority = Günther, 1868{{Cof family|family=Xenocyprididae|access-date=27 January 2025}}

| type_species = Xenocypris argentea

| type_species_authority = Günther, 1868

}}

Xenocypris is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies. In addition to the extant species, X. yushensis, being known only from fossils, and one, X. yunnanensis, which is critically endangered or recently extinct.

Species

Xenocypris contains the following species:{{Cof genus|genus=Xenocypris|access-date=27 January 2025}}

References

  • {{FishBase genus | genus = Xenocypris| month = October | year = 2011}}

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Category:Xenocyprididae

Category:Taxa named by Albert Günther

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