Cyprinidae

Oil Fish

Pseudocrossocheilus liuchengensis

Eight Point One Centimeters Carp from Asian Waters

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• East Asia
• Fusiform
• Small
• Tropical fish

Pseudocrossocheilus liuchengensis, the oil fish, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the family which includes the carps, barbs, minnows and related fishes. This species is endemic to Guangxi where it lives only in subterranean rivers.