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Class: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae Minnows
Subfamily: Pseudaspininae
Genus: Rhynchocypris

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7 species (see list below)
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Photo by Zuev, I.

Eurasia
Max. Length 9 cm SL
Rhynchocypris czekanowskii (Dybowski, 1869)

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Rhynchocypris czekanowskii
[Czekanowski's minnow]
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Rhynchocypris dementjevi
[]

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Asia
Max. Length 24 cm TL
Rhynchocypris lagowskii (Dybowski, 1869)

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Rhynchocypris lagowskii
[Amur minnow]
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Rhynchocypris mantschurica
[Manchurian Lake minnow]

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Asia
Max. Length 17.2 cm TL
Rhynchocypris oxycephala (Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874)

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Rhynchocypris oxycephala
[Chinese minnow]

Photo by Artaev, O.

Eurasia
Max. Length 18.5 cm SL
Rhynchocypris percnura (Pallas, 1814)

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Rhynchocypris percnura
[Lake minnow]
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Max. Length 10 cm TL
 
Rhynchocypris poljakowii
[Balkhash minnow]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Rhynchocypris czekanowskii Czekanowski's minnow Eurasia 9 SL 1869
Rhynchocypris dementjevi Asia. 1954
Rhynchocypris lagowskii Amur minnow Asia 24 TL 1869
Rhynchocypris mantschurica Manchurian Lake minnow East Asia 1907
Rhynchocypris oxycephala Chinese minnow Asia 17.2 TL 1874
Rhynchocypris percnura Lake minnow Eurasia 18.5 SL 1814
Rhynchocypris poljakowii Balkhash minnow Asia. 10 TL 1879



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