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Xenocyprididae (East Asian minnows)
Etymology: Xenocypris: Greek, xenos = strange + Greek, Kypris, other name for Aphrodite, proceeding from Cyprus (Kypris), Greek, kyprinos = carp (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Fr Jean Pierre Armand David (1826–1900), often known as Père David, was a French Lazarist priest as well as a fine zoologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Bleeker.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic. Subtropical
Asia: China.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 46.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 128767); common length : 11.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 35840); max. published weight: 1.6 kg (Ref. 128767)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Liu, C., Z. Liu and D. Liang, 1991. Xenocyprininae. p. 118-123. In J.-H. Pan, L. Zhong, C.-Y. Zheng, H.-L. Wu and J.-H. Liu (eds). 1991. The freshwater fishes of Guangdong Province. Guangdong Science and Technology Press, Guangzhou. 589 p. (Ref. 33361)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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