Zacco (fish)
Zacco | |
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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]
- Zacco acutipinnis (Bleeker, 1871)[2]
- Zacco chengtui Sh. Kimura, 1934
- Zacco platypus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Pale Chub)
- Zacco taliensis (Regan, 1907)
Other species formerly placed here are now in Candidia, Nipponocypris, Opsariichthys and Parazacco.
Footnotes
- ↑ FishBase [2011]
- ↑ Fishbase: Valid names, 2016
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Zacco in FishBase. October 2011 version.
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