Zacco (fish)
| Zacco | |
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| Pale Chub (Z. platypus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Zacco D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1902 |
| Type species | |
| Leuciscus platypus | |
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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]
- Zacco acutipinnis (Bleeker, 1871)[2]
- Zacco chengtui , 1934
- Zacco platypus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Pale Chub, Pale bleak, Fresh-water sprat)
- Zacco taliensis (Regan, 1907)
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.
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