Aphyocypris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyprinoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Cypriniformes Subordo: Cyprinoidei

Familia: Xenocyprididae
Genus: Aphyocypris
Species (8): A. amnis – A. arcus – A. chinensis – A. kikuchii – A. lini – A. moltrechti – A. normalis – A. pulchrilineata

Species uncertain (2): A. dorsohorizontalis – A. kyphus

Name

• Aphyocypris Günther, 1868: 201

Type species: Aphyocypris chinensis Günther, 1868, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Aphyocyprioides Tang, 1942: 162

Type species: Aphyocyprioides typus Tang, 1942, by original designation.

• Caraspius Nichols, 1925: 6

Type species: Caraspius agilis Nichols, 1925, by original designation.

• Fusania Jordan & Starks, 1905: 198

Type species: Fusania ensarca Jordan & Starks, 1905, by monotypy.

• Nicholsicypris Chu, 1935: 10

Type species: Aphyocypris normalis Nichols & Pope, 1927, by original designation.

• Pararasbora Regan, 1908: 360

Type species: Pararasbora moltrechti Regan, 1908, by monotypy.

• Phoxiscus Ōshima, 1919: 225

Type species: Phoxiscus kikuchii Oshima, 1919, by monotypy.

• Yaoshanicus Lin, 1931: 50

Type species: Yaoshanicus arcus Lin, 1931, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Günther, A.C.L.G. 1868. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Heteropygii, Cyprinidae, Gonorhynchidae, Hyodontidae, Osteoglossidae, Clupeidae, Chirocentridae, Alepocephalidae, Notopteridae, Halosauridae, in the collection of the British Museum. Volume 7. British Museum, printed by Order of the Trustees: London. i–xx + 1–512 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Liao, T.-Y., Kullander, S.O. & Lin, H.-D. 2011. Synonymization of Pararasbora, Yaoshanicus, and Nicholsicypris with Aphyocypris, and description of a new species of Aphyocypris from Taiwan (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Zoological Studies 50(5): 657–664. Full article (PDF)
• Zhu, Y., Zhao, Y. & Huang, K. 2013. Aphyocypris pulchrilineata, a new miniature cyprinid species (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from Guangxi, China. Ichthyological Research 60(3): 232–236. DOI: 10.1007/s10228-013-0338-y