Zacco (fish)

Zacco
Pale Chub (Z. platypus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Zacco
D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1902
Species

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Zacco is a small genus of ray-finned fishes in the family Cyprinidae. They are found in freshwater habitats in China and northern Vietnam.

Species

The following species are currently placed in the genus:[1]

Other species formerly placed here are now in Candidia, Nipponocypris, Opsariichthys and Parazacco.

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