Amur minnow

The Amur minnow or Lagowski's minnow (Rhynchocypris lagowskii) is an Asian species of small freshwater cyprinid fish.[1] It is found from the Lena and Amur rivers in the north to the Yangtze in China in the south.

Amur minnow
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Genus: Rhynchocypris
Species:
R. lagowskii
Binomial name
Rhynchocypris lagowskii
(Dybowski, 1869)
Synonyms
  • Lagowskiella lagowskii
  • Moroco yamamotis
  • Phoximus lagowskii
  • Pseudaspis bergi
  • Rhynchocypris variegata

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Rhynchocypris lagowskii" in FishBase. November 2014 version.


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