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Xenocypris 
Summary
Xenocypris is a genus of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia. There are currently seven species in this genus, one, X. yushensis, being known only from fossils, and one, X. yunnanensis, which is critically endangered or recently extinct.
| Xenocypris Temporal range: Pliocene-recent
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Xenocyprinae |
| Genus: | Xenocypris Günther, 1868 |
| Type species | |
| Xenocypris argentea Günther, 1868
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Species edit
- Xenocypris davidi Bleeker, 1871
- Xenocypris fangi T. L. Tchang, 1930
- Xenocypris hupeinensis (P. L. Yih, 1964)
- Xenocypris macrolepis Bleeker, 1871 (Yellowfin)
- Xenocypris medius (Ōshima, 1920)
- Xenocypris yunnanensis Nichols, 1925
- †Xenocypris yushensis Liu & Su, 1962 (Pliocene Shanxi Province)
References edit
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Xenocypris in FishBase. October 2011 version.