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Gymnocypris chilianensis Li & Chang, 1974

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
Gymnocypris chilianensis Li & Chang, 1974
Name authority
Li & Chang, 1974
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Cypriniformes
Family
Cyprinidae
Genus
Gymnocypris
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. subfamilyCyprininae Rafinesque, 1815
  13. genusGymnocypris Günther, 1868
  14. speciesGymnocypris chilianensis Li & Chang, 1974

Close classified relatives

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

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Gymnocypris scleracanthus Tsao, Wu, Chen & Zhu, 1992CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gymnocypris firmispinatus Wu & Wu, 1988CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gymnocypris chui Tchang, Yueh & Hwang, 1964CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gymnocypris dobula Günther, 1868CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gymnocypris namensis (Wu & Ren, 1982)CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gymnocypris potanini Herzenstein, 1891CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gymnocypris przewalskii (Kessler, 1876)CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

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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. Li, S.-C.; Chang, S.-Y. (1974). Two new species and one new subspecies of fishes from the northern part of Kansu Province, China. Acta Zoologica Sinica, 20 (4): 414–419. [In Chinese, English summary.]. 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:6KV84. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.