Global InformationGymnocypris przewalskii information
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Cyprininae |
| Genus: | Gymnocypris |
| Species: | G. przewalskii
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| Binomial name | |
| Gymnocypris przewalskii (Kessler, 1876)
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| Synonyms | |
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Schizopygopsis przewalskii Kessler, 1876[1] | |
Gymnocypris przewalskii (common name: Przewalskii's naked carp; in Chinese: 青海湖裸鲤; lit. 'Qinghai Lake naked carp') is a species of cyprinid that is endemic to the Lake Qinghai basin in China, where it is the dominant fish species (the other natives are four Triplophysa loaches).[2][3] G. przewalskii is a planktivore with a main population that migrates from the lake to rivers to spawn[4] and another that lives its entire life in the nearby Ganzi River.[3] The species is listed as endangered on the China Species Red List due to overfishing and habitat loss, which has led to suspension of its commercial fishery four times since 1989.[4][5][6]
Named in honor of geographer and explorer Nikolai Przhevalsky (also spelled Przewalski and Prjevalsky, 1839–1888), who collected the type species and in whose book about Mongolia Kessler's description appeared.[7]
- ^ "Gymnocypris przewalskii — Synonyms Scale-less Carp: Names". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Gymnocypris przewalskii" in FishBase. November 2014 version.
- ^ a b Zhang, Ludwig, Zhang, Tong, Li, Tang, Peng & Zhao (2015). Gymnocypris przewalskii (Cyprinidae) on the Tibetan Plateau. Scientific Reports 5, Article 9780.
- ^ a b Xiong, Fei; Daqing Chen; Xinbin Duan (2010). "Threatened fishes of the world: Gymnocypris przewalskii (Kessler, 1876) (Cyprinidae: Schizothoracinae)". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 87 (4): 351–352. doi:10.1007/s10641-010-9609-x. S2CID 34978374.
- ^ Wood, Chris M.; Jizeng Du; Joe Rogers; Colin J. Brauner; Jeffery W. Richards; Brent W. Murray; X.-Q. Chen; Yuxiang Wang (2007). "Przewalksii's naked carp (Gymnocypris przewalksii): An endangered species taking a metabolic holiday in Lake Qinghai, China". Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 80 (1): 59–77. doi:10.1086/509212. PMID 17160880. S2CID 10372870.
- ^ S. Wang, Y. Xie, ed. (2004). China Species Red List, vol 1. Beijing: Higher Education Press. p. 163.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamilies ACROSSOCHEILINAE, BARBINAE, SPINIBARBINAE, SCHIZOTHORACINAE, SCHIZOPYGOPSINAE and Incertae sedis". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 10 March 2021.