Mylopharyngodon

Mylopharyngodon; Temporal range: Middle Miocene - Recent
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Squaliobarbinae
Genus:	Mylopharyngodon; W. K. H. Peters, 1881
Species
	Mylopharyngodon piceus (black carp); †Mylopharyngodon wui;

Mylopharyngodon is a genus of fish belongs to the family Cyprinidae, it contains two species: the living black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus) and the fossil species Mylopharyngodon wui from the Middle Miocene of China.^[1]

References

^ Ping Chen; Gloria Arratia (2010). "Oldest known Mylopharyngodon (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Mongolian Plateau and its biogeographical implications based on ecological niche modeling". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (2): 333–340. Bibcode:2010JVPal..30..333C. doi:10.1080/02724631003620930. S2CID 84735323.

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[1] Ping Chen; Gloria Arratia (2010). "Oldest known Mylopharyngodon (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Mongolian Plateau and its biogeographical implications based on ecological niche modeling". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (2): 333–340. Bibcode:2010JVPal..30..333C. doi:10.1080/02724631003620930. S2CID 84735323.