Biology:Zacco (fish)
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Zacco | |
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| Pale chub (Z. platypus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Zacco D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1902 |
| Type species | |
| Leuciscus platypus Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
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Zacco is a genus of small ray-finned fishes in the family Cyprinidae. They are found in freshwater habitats in China and northern Vietnam. The generic name Zacco derives from the Japanese Zako 雑魚 (Coarse fish).
Species
The following species are currently placed in the genus:[1]
(Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Pale Chub, Pale bleak, Fresh-water sprat)
- Zacco taliensis (Regan, 1907)
- Zacco tiaoxiensis Zhang, Zhou & Yang, 2023
Other species formerly placed here are now in Candidia, Nipponocypris, Opsariichthys and Parazacco.[citation needed]
Footnotes
- ↑ FishBase [2011]
- ↑ Fishbase: Valid names, 2016
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Zacco in FishBase. October 2011 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q2702507 entry
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