| Nipponocypris Temporal range: Pleistocene-Holocene
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| Nipponocypris temmincki | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Nipponocypris I. S. Chen, J. H. Wu & C. H. Hsu, 2008 |
| Type species | |
| Leuciscus temminckii Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
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Nipponocypris is a genus of cyprinid fish containing three extant species, one endemic to Japan, one to South Korea while the third occurs in Japan, Korea and China. A fourth, extinct species is known from Middle Pleistocene-aged freshwater strata from the Kusu Basin in Japan.[1]