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Procypris mera

Procypris mera (common name: Chinese ink carp) is a species of cyprinid in the genus Procypris. It inhabits China and Vietnam and is used for food locally and nationally. It has a maximum published weight of 1.0 kilogram (2.2 lb), has been assessed as "data deficient" on the IUCN Red List and is considered harmless to humans.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 188111.