Xenocypris macrolepis Bleeker, 1871
Yellowfin
大鳞鮰,  银鮰,  大鱗鮰,  銀鮰
Xenocypris macrolepis
photo by CAFS

Family:  Xenocyprididae (East Asian minnows)
Max. size:  34.6 cm SL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 902.0 g
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater
Distribution:  Asia: Amur southward to Xi Jiang (Ref. 82587), and Viet Nam (Ref. 89724).
Diagnosis:  Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-7; Anal soft rays: 3-9
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 01 April 2020 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless
Country info:  Recorded from the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang River), Huang He River (=Yellow River), and Liao River (Ref. 1441). Also found in the Amur basin and Lake Khanka (Ref. 13397), Zhujiang River (=Pearl River) drainage of Guangdong Province and water systems in Hainan Province (Ref. 33361). Known from Hainan Island Qionghai. Hubei Province:(Jiayu, Honghu, Hanyang, Wuchang); Jilin Province Dunhua. Helongjiang of Liaoning Province; Xingyun Lake of Yunnan Province;. Guangxi province:( Guilin, Yangsu)(Ref.33785). Also Ref. 6158.


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