Inlecypris is a small genus of cyprinid minnows within the danio and rasbora group (family Cyprinidae), known from fast-flowing streams and lake margins in Myanmar and Thailand. The atlas's three species - Inlecypris auropurpurea, I. jayarami, and I. maetaengensis - range from about 2–4 in. The genus name is generally understood to reference Inle Lake in Myanmar's Shan Hills, the type locality for I. auropurpurea, combined with the '-cypris' suffix common to many cyprinid genus names. As in other Barilius-like minnows of this group, Inlecypris has an elongated, laterally compressed, silvery body built for fast, open-water swimming rather than substrate-hugging.
These are little-known fish outside specialist and native-range ichthyology - none of the three has an established aquarium trade presence, and detailed husbandry information is not well documented. The conservation picture leans concerning: one atlas species carries an Endangered rating and the other two are Data Deficient, a pattern common among restricted-range Southeast Asian stream and lake-margin fish that have had limited survey coverage even as their habitats face pressure from water use and land-use change.