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 |
| Type species | |
| Leuciscus platypus | |
| 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. 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 Sh. Kimura, 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.
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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