Percocypris is a genus of cyprinid freshwater fishes found in large rivers and Fuxian Lake in the highlands of southern China and northern mainland southeast Asia.

As of 2013, the Chinese Red List only recognizes one species in this genus (others considered subspecies) and treats it as vulnerable.

[1] P. tchangi of the Red River has not been confirmed since its original description in 1936[1] (however, P. retrodorsalis has been recorded recently and some include it in P.

[1][3] P. pingi is farmed and captive-bred individuals are released back into the wild by several institutions in an attempt of countering its threatened status.

[4] The currently recognized species historically were all considered as subspecies of P. pingi, a treatment still used by IUCN.