Nipponocypris Explained

Nipponocypris is a genus of cyprinid fish containing three extant species, one endemic to Japan, one to South Korea while the third occurs in Japan, Korea and China. A fourth, extinct species is known from Middle Pleistocene-aged freshwater strata from the Kusu Basin in Japan.^[1]

Species

• Nipponocypris koreanus (I. S. Kim, M. K. Oh & K. Hosoya, 2005)
• Nipponocypris sieboldii (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
• Nipponocypris temminckii (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)

Notes and References

1. Miyata, Shinya, Yoshitaka Yabumoto, and Hiromichi Hirano. "Nipponocypris takayamai, a new species of cyprinid fish from the Nogami Formation (Middle Pleistocene) in the southern part of the Kusu Basin, Oita, Japan." Paleontological Research 22.3 (2018): 218-239.