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Rhynchocypris oxycephala (Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Rhynchocypris oxycephala (Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874)
Name authority
(Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874)
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Cypriniformes
Family
Cyprinidae
Genus
Rhynchocypris
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderCypriniformes
  11. familyCyprinidae Rafinesque, 1815
  12. subfamilyLeuciscinae Bonaparte, 1835
  13. genusRhynchocypris Günther, 1889
  14. speciesRhynchocypris oxycephala (Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Rhynchocypris. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Rhynchocypris percnurus (Pallas, 1814)CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Rhynchocypris poljakowii (Kessler, 1879)CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Rhynchocypris steindachneri (Sauvage, 1883)CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Rhynchocypris czekanowskii (Dybowski, 1869)CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Rhynchocypris dementjevi (Turdakov & Piskarev, 1954)CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Rhynchocypris lagowskii (Dybowski, 1869)CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

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Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Phoxinus jouyi (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)synonym
Phoxinus oxycephalus (Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874) (Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874)synonym
Phoxinus czekanowskii suifunensis Berg, 1932 Berg, 1932synonym
Phoxinus lagowskii oxycephalus (Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874) (Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874)synonym
Phoxinus oxycephalus jouyi (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)synonym
Leuciscus costatus Fowler, 1899 Fowler, 1899synonym
Moroco jouyi (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)synonym
Rhynchocypris oxycephala jouyi (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)synonym
Pseudophoxinus oxycephalus Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874 Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874synonym
Lagowskiella czekanowskii suifunensis (Berg, 1932) (Berg, 1932)synonym
Rhynocypris oxycephalus (Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874) (Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874)synonym
Leuciscus jouyi Jordan & Snyder, 1901 Jordan & Snyder, 1901synonym
Moroco oxycephalus (Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874) (Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874)synonym
Rhynchocypris oxycephalus (Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874) (Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874)synonym
Rhynchocypris jouyi (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)synonym

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1019045 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:4SRPG. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.