Xenocypris is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies. In addition to the extant species, X. yushensis, being known only from fossils, and one, X. yunnanensis, which is critically endangered or recently extinct.
Species Xenocypris contains the following species: Xenocypris davidi Bleeker, 1871 Xenocypris fangi T. L. Tchang, 1930 Xenocypris hupeinensis (P. L. Yih, 1964) Xenocypris macrolepis Bleeker, 1871 Xenocypris medius (Ōshima, 1920) Xenocypris schisturus (Oshima, 1920) Xenocypris yunnanensis Nichols, 1925 Xenocypris yushensis Liu & Su, 1962 (Pliocene Shanxi Province)
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