Amur minnow
Species of fish
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The Amur minnow or Lagowski's minnow (Rhynchocypris lagowskii) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, chubs, true minnows and related fishes.[2] It is found from the Lena and Amur rivers in the north to the Yangtze in China in the south, and in Japan.[3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudaspininae |
| Genus: | Rhynchocypris |
| Species: | R. lagowskii |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhynchocypris lagowskii (Dybowski, 1869) | |
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