Myxocyprinus

Myxocyprinus
Juvenile (left) and adult Myxocyprinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Catostomidae
Subfamily: Myxocyprininae
Fowler, 1958
Genus: Myxocyprinus
(T. N. Gill, 1878)
Species:
M. asiaticus
Binomial name
Myxocyprinus asiaticus
(Bleeker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Carpiodes asiaticus Bleeker, 1864
  • Carpiodes chinensis Dabry de Thiersant, 1872
  • Sclerognathus chinensis Günther, 1889
  • Myxocyprinus asiaticus subsp. nankinensis Tchang, 1929

Myxocyprinus is a monotypic genus of freshwater fish in the monotypic subfamily Myxocyprininae within the family Catostomidae, with its only species being Myxocyprinus asiaticus. It grows to about 1.35 m (4 ft 5 in) long.

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