Chinese minnow
| Chinese minnow | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudaspininae |
| Genus: | Rhynchocypris |
| Species: | R. oxycephalus |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhynchocypris oxycephalus (Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874) | |
| Synonyms | |
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The Chinese minnow (Rhynchocypris oxycephalus) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, chubs, true minnows and related fishes. It is found from the Amur river in the north to the Yangtze in China in the south.