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Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) > Schizopygopsinae
Etymology: Gymnocypris: Greek, gymnos = naked + Greek, Kypris, other name for Aphrodite, proceeding from Cyprus (Kypris), Greek, kyprinos = carp (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Lieutenant-Colonel Professor Dr Laurence Austine Waddell CB (1854–1938) was a noted British physician, army surgeon, orientalist, philologist, linguist, archaeologist, collector and explorer in Tibet. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Regan.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Subtropical
Asia: China.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 41.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 33800)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Yunfei, W., 1987. A survey of the fish fauna of the Mount Namjagbarwa region in Xizang (Tibet), China. p. 109-112 In S.O. Kullander and B. Fernholm (eds.) Proc. V Congr. Europ. Ichthyol., Stockholm, Sweden. (Ref. 32617)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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