Nipponocypris is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies.[1] This genus has three extant species from eastern Asia and a fourth, extinct species from Middle Pleistocene-aged freshwater strata from the Kusu Basin in Japan.[2]

Species

Nipponocypris contains the following species:[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Xenocyprididae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  2. ^ Shinya, Miyata; Yabumoto, Yoshitaka & Hirano, Hiromichi (2018). "Nipponocypris takayamai, a New Species of Cyprinid Fish from the Nogami Formation (Middle Pleistocene) in the Southern Part of the Kusu Basin, Oita, Japan". Paleontological Research. 22: 218–238. doi:10.2517/2017PR021.
  3. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Nipponocypris". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 January 2025.


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