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Species in the genus Aphyocypris: [ 15 ] records

agilis, Caraspius Nichols [J. T.] 1925:6 [American Museum Novitates No. 177; ref. 3179] Near Wanhsien, Yen-ching-kao, Szechwan Province, China. Holotype: AMNH 8414. Paratypes: AMNH 10901 (2). •Synonym of Aphyocypris chinensis Günther 1868 -- (Berg 1949:1327 [ref. 20662], Yang & Hwang 1964:15 [ref. 13497], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:258 [ref. 25598], Ding 1994:131 [ref. 21531], Bogutskaya 1998:78 [ref. 23589], Chen & Chu in Chen et al. 1998:60 [ref. 23878], Ohara et al. 2003:86 [ref. 26777], Guo 2021:96 [ref. 38617] as agilia). Current status: Synonym of Aphyocypris chinensis Günther 1868. Xenocyprididae. Habitat: freshwater.

arcus, Yaoshanicus Lin [S.-Y.] 1931:51, Fig. 3 [Carps and carp-like fishes; ref. 4019] Yaoshan, Kwangsi, China. Types not researched. •Valid as Yaoshanicus arcus Lin 1931 -- (Yang & Hwang 1964:42 [ref. 13497], Ye & Song in Pan et al. 1991:77 [ref. 23876], Zheng et al. 1989:70 [ref. 21202], Zhu 1995:26 [ref. 25213], Chen & Chu in Chen et al. 1998:54 [ref. 23878]). •Valid as Aphyocypris arcus (Lin 1931) -- (Liao et al. 2011:662 [ref. 31495], Zhang et al. 2016:47 [ref. 34477]). Current status: Valid as Aphyocypris arcus (Lin 1931). Xenocyprididae. Distribution: East Asia: southern China. IUCN (2011): Least Concern, as Yaoshanicus arcus. Habitat: freshwater.

chinensis, Aphyocypris Günther [A.] 1868:201 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 7; ref. 1990] Chikiang, China. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1855.3.27.15. •Valid as Aphyocypris chinensis Günther 1868 -- (Berg 1949:1326 [ref. 20662], Okada 1961:465 [ref. 6363], Yang & Hwang 1964:15 [ref. 13497], Wang 1984:37 [ref. 22951], Sawada in Masuda et al. 1984:57 [ref. 6441], Kuang in Chu & Chen 1989:35 [ref. 13584], Ding 1994:131 [ref. 21531], Zhu 1995:27 [ref. 25213], Cheng & Zhou 1997:105 [ref. 26385], Kim 1997:267 [ref. 24032], Watanabe 1998:262 [ref. 23491], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:735 [ref. 24702], Bogutskaya 1998:78 [ref. 23589], Chen & Chu in Chen et al. 1998:59 [ref. 23878], Nakabo 2000:263 [ref. 25086], Matsuura et al. 2000:57 [ref. 26000], Tang et al. 2001:12 [ref. 25373] as cjinensis, Bogutskaya et al. 2001:44 [ref. 26178], Wang et al. 2001:74 [ref. 26566], Kim & Park 2002:176 [ref. 25913], Nakabo 2002:263 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:156, 515 [ref. 26218], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:98 [ref. 28183], Bogutskaya et al. 2008:333 [ref. 30085], Liao et al. 2011:661 [ref. 31495], Zhu et al. 2013:235 [ref. 32554], Zhang et al. 2016:47 [ref. 34477], Zhang et al. 2019:138 [ref. 36699], Guo 2021:96 [ref. 38617], Dyldin et al. 2023:[13] [ref. 40328]). Current status: Valid as Aphyocypris chinensis Günther 1868. Xenocyprididae. Distribution: East Asia: Yangtze River basin (China). Introduced in Russia. Habitat: freshwater.

chosenicus, Rhodeus Jordan [D. S.] & Metz [C. W.] 1913:19, Pl. 2 (fig. 2) [Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 6 (no. 1); ref. 2490] Suigen, Korea. Holotype: FMNH 55804 [ex CM 4567]. Paratypes: (5) CAS-SU 22391 (2), FMNH 55805 (2, not 1). Type catalog: Henn 1928:73 [ref. 12305], Böhlke 1953:38 [ref. 12291], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:75 [ref. 12367]. •Synonym of Aphyocypris chinensis Günther 1868 -- (Choi et al. 2003:515 [ref. 26218]) Current status: Synonym of Aphyocypris chinensis Günther 1868. Xenocyprididae. Habitat: freshwater.

dorsohorizontalis, Nicholsicypris Nguyen [V. H.] & Doan [L. H.] 1969:10, Fig. 2 in ref. 29795 [Some data on composition, origin, and distribution of cyprinid species in northern Vietnam; ref. 25483] Ha Bac Province, Vietnam. Lectotype: RIAH 1041 (possible H.01.06.02.01). Paralectotypes: (5) 1 remaining in RIAH. See Kottelat 2001:113, 116 [ref. 25482] for availability issues. Spelled several ways originally; Kottelat 2001:116 [ref. 25482] as first reviser selected dorsohorizontalis See Nguyen & Doan 2008 [ref. 29793] for an English translation of ref. 25483. Lectotype selected by Roberts & Catania 2008:89 [ref. 29794], but holotype may be erroneous. •Status uncertain -- (Kottelat 2001:44 [ref. 25482], Roberts & Catania 2008:94 [ref. 29794]). •See Liao et al. 2011:662 [ref. 31495] for possible generic placement. •Nomen nudum -- (Endruweit 2024:15 [ref. 41040]). •Synonym of Aphyocypris kyphus (Mai 1978) -- (Endruweit 2025:118 [ref. 42401]). •Questionably valid as Aphyocypris dorsohorizontalis (Nguyen & Doan 1969) -- (Kottelat 2013:76 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Aphyocypris dorsohorizontalis (Nguyen & Doan 1969). Current status: Valid as Aphyocypris dorsohorizontalis (Nguyen & Doan 1969). Xenocyprididae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: Thuong River, Càu River, Duóng River and Red River delta (Vietnam). Habitat: freshwater.

ensarca, Fusania Jordan [D. S.] & Starks [E. C.] 1905:198, Fig. 4 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 28 (no. 1391); ref. 2530] Pusan, South Korea. Holotype: USNM 45265. Paratypes: MCZ 35929 [ex USNM 45265] (2), CAS-SU 9052 (2), USNM 45265 (?, incl. holotype). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:31 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Aphyocypris chinensis Günther 1868 -- (Yang & Hwang 1964:15 [ref. 13497], Kim 1997:557 [ref. 24032]). Current status: Synonym of Aphyocypris chinensis Günther 1868. Xenocyprididae. Habitat: freshwater.

kikuchii, Phoxiscus Oshima [M.] 1919:226, Pl. 51 (fig. 3) [Annals of the Carnegie Museum v. 12 (nos 2-4); ref. 3312] Bokusekikaku [Hua-lan], Taiwan. Holotype (unique): FMNH 59099 [ex CM 8237]. Type catalog: Henn 1928:72 [ref. 12305], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:65 [ref. 12367], Ho & Shao 2011:29 [ref. 31432]. •See Kottelat 2001:18 [ref. 25482]. •Valid as Aphyocypris kikuchii (Oshima 1919) -- (Yang & Hwang 1964:16 [ref. 13497], Zhu 1995:27 [ref. 25213], Wang et al. 1997:171 [ref. 25517], Chen & Chu in Chen et al. 1998:58 [ref. 23878], Ho & Shao 2011:29 [ref. 31432], Liao et al. 2011:661 [ref. 31495], Zhu et al. 2013:235 [ref. 32554], Zhang et al. 2016:47 [ref. 34477], Kitahara 2024:29 [ref. 41824]). Current status: Valid as Aphyocypris kikuchii (Oshima 1919). Xenocyprididae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: eastern Taiwan. Introduced in Shizuoka Prefecture (Japan). Habitat: freshwater.

kyphus, Yaoshanicus Mai [D. Y.] 1978:138, Fig. 61 [Identification of the fresh-water fishes of North Viet Nam v. 1; ref. 13511] Ky-Phú Creek and Câu River, Cho-Moi, Hòa-Binh, northern Vietnam. Holotype (unique): DVZUT. •Status uncertain -- (Kottelat 2001:44 [ref. 25482]). •See Liao et al. 2011:662 [ref. 31495] for possible generic placement. •Questionably valid as Aphyocypris kyphus (Mai 1978) -- (Kottelat 2013:74 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Aphyocypris kyphus (Mai 1978) -- (Endruweit 2025:118 [ref. 42401]). •Synonym of Aphyocypris dorsohorizontalis (Nguyen & Doan 1969). Current status: Synonym of Aphyocypris dorsohorizontalis (Nguyen & Doan 1969). Xenocyprididae. Habitat: freshwater.

lini, Hemigrammocypris Weitzman [S. H.] & Chan [L. L.] 1966:290 [Copeia 1966 (no. 2); ref. 12406] Replacement name for Aphyocypris pooni Lin 1939, preoccupied by Aphyocypris pooni Herre 1939. •Valid as Hemigrammocypris lini Weitzman & Chan 1966 -- (Yang & Hwang 1964:17 [ref. 13497] by treatment of pooni). •Valid as Aphyocypris lini (Weitzman & Chan 1966) -- (Zhu 1995:27 [ref. 25213], Chen.& Chu in Chen et al. 1998:57 [ref. 23878], Yue & Chen 1998:71 [ref. 26415], Zhu et al. 2013:235 [ref. 32554], Zhang et al. 2016:48 [ref. 34477]). Replacement Name. Current status: Valid as Aphyocypris lini (Weitzman & Chan 1966). Xenocyprididae. Distribution: China. Habitat: freshwater.

normalis, Aphyocypris Nichols [J. T.] & Pope [C. H.] 1927:376, Fig. 39, Pl. 26 (fig. 4) [Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History v. 54 (art. 2); ref. 5747] Nodoa, Hainan Island, China. Holotype: AMNH 8381. Paratypes: AMNH 10970 (17, now 16), MCZ 32679 [ex AMNH] (2), MSNM 7 [ex MSNM 4422 and ex AMNH] (2), ZMA 114609 (2). Type catalog: Conci & Michelangeli 1974:223 [ref. 21560], Nijssen et al. 1982:26 [ref. 19236]. •Valid as Yaoshanicus normalis (Nichols & Pope 1927) -- (Mai 1978:136 [ref. 13511]). •Valid as Nicholsicypris normalis (Nichols & Pope 1927) -- (Yang & Hwang 1964:19 [ref. 13497], Kuang in Kuang et al. 1986:49 [ref. 26639], Zheng et al. 1989:72 [ref. 21202], Ye & Song in Pan et al. 1991:78 [ref. 23876], Zhu 1995:26 [ref. 25213], Chen & Chu in Chen et al. 1998:55 [ref. 23878], Kottelat 2001:44 [ref. 25482]). •Valid as Aphyocypris normalis Nichols & Pope 1927 (Liao et al. 2011:662 [ref. 31495], Kottelat 2013:74 [ref. 32989], Zhang et al. 2016:48 [ref. 34477]). Current status: Valid as Aphyocypris normalis Nichols & Pope 1927. Xenocyprididae. Distribution: China. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

pooni, Aphyocypris Lin [S.-Y.] 1939:129, Fig. 1 [Hong Kong Naturalist v. 9 (no. 3); ref. 12405] New Territories, Hong Kong. Holotype: whereabouts unknown. Paratypes: CAS-SU 34385 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:30 [ref. 12291]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Aphyocypris pooni Herre 1939 (Apr.), replaced by Hemigrammocypris lini Weitzman & Chan 1966. •Synonym of Aphyocypris lini (Weitzman & Chan 1966) -- (Chen & Chu in Chen et al. 1998:57 [ref. 23878], Zhang et al. 2016:48 [ref. 34477]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Aphyocypris lini (Weitzman & Chan 1966). Xenocyprididae. Habitat: freshwater.

pulchrilineata, Aphyocypris Zhu [Y.], Zhao [Y.-H.] & Huang [K.] 2013:236, Fig. 1 [Ichthyological Research v. 60 (no. 3); ref. 32554] Chengjiang River at Chengjiang town, 23°55'45"N, 108°06'18"E, Du'an County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. Holotype: ASIZB [now NZMC] 183459. Paratypes: ASIZB [now NZMC] 183460-183465 (6). Type catalog: Ye et al. 2015:16 [ref. 33808]. •Valid as Aphyocypris pulchrilineata Zhu, Zhao & Huang 2013 -- (Ye et al. 2015:16 [ref. 33808], Zhang et al. 2016:48 [ref. 34477]). Current status: Valid as Aphyocypris pulchrilineata Zhu, Zhao & Huang 2013. Xenocyprididae. Distribution: Chengjiang River drainage, Pearl River basin, Guangxi, China. Habitat: freshwater.

robertsi, Aphyocypris Endruweit [M.] 2025:239, Fig. 226a [ ref. 42401] Liangjiang River, Beijiang River basin, Pearl River system, at Shuibian Town, Yingde County, Qingyuan Prefecture, Guangdong (China). Holotype (unique): ANSP 211407. Plus additional non-type material in EPC. •Valid as Aphyocypris robertsi Endruweit 2025. Current status: Valid as Aphyocypris robertsi Endruweit 2025. Xenocyprididae. Distribution: East Asia: Beijiang River drainage, Pearl River basin, Guangdong (China). Habitat: freshwater.

shantung, Aphyocypris chinensis Nichols [J. T.] 1930:1, Fig. 1 [American Museum Novitates No. 402; ref. 16111] Tsinan, Shantung Province, China. Holotype: AMNH 9671. Paratypes: AMNH 10998 (9), 10987 (31), ?MCZ 32678 [ex AMNH] (2). •Synonym of Aphyocypris chinensis Günther 1868 -- (Berg 1949:1327 [ref. 20662], Yang & Hwang 1964:15 [ref. 13497], Chen & Chu in Chen et al. 1998:60 [ref. 23878]). Current status: Synonym of Aphyocypris chinensis Günther 1868. Xenocyprididae. Habitat: freshwater.

typus, Aphyocyprioides Tang [D.-S.] 1942:163, Fig. 3 [Lingnan Science Journal, Canton v. 20 (nos 2-4); ref. 4335] Small pool in Kweiyang, Kweichow Province, China. Holotype (unique): NKMC P0101. •Synonym of Aphyocypris chinensis Günther 1868 -- (Chen & Chu in Chen et al. 1998:60 [ref. 23878], Zhang et al. 2016:47 [ref. 34477]). Current status: Synonym of Aphyocypris chinensis Günther 1868. Xenocyprididae. Habitat: freshwater.