Chinese minnow

Rhynchocypris oxycephala

Seventeen Point Two Centimeters Carp of the Yellow Sea

Chinese minnow is known from Asia as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Minnows, Carps, and Loaches
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Rhynchocypris
Maximum length: 17.2 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Asia: rivers of Pacific basin from Amur southward to Yangtze drainages; in Korea in Yellow Sea basin; southern Japan (Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku); in Amur, middle reaches of Amur and Bureya River system downstream to lower reaches, Ussuri River but not present in Khanka Lake basin.

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