Nipponocypris is a genus of cyprinid fish containing three extant species, one endemic to Japan, one to South Korea while the third occurs in Japan, Korea and China. A fourth, extinct species is known from Middle Pleistocene-aged freshwater strata from the Kusu Basin in Japan.[1]
Nipponocypris Temporal range: Pleistocene-Holocene
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Nipponocypris temmincki | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Genus: | NipponocyprisI. S. Chen, J. H. Wu & C. H. Hsu, 2008 |
Type species | |
Leuciscus temminckii Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
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