Cyprinidae

Orontes spring minnow

Pseudophoxinus libani

Five Point Nine Centimeters Carp of Asian Waters

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• Asia (unspecified)
• Small
• Tropical fish

Pseudophoxinus libani, also known as the Levantine minnow, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, Eurasian minnows and related species. It is the only endemic fish of Lebanon. It was originally reported in the upper Orontes River by Louis Charles Émile Lortet in 1883.