Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Rank Genus | Family Cyprinidae Higher classification Cyprinidae Order Cypriniformes | |
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Similar Zacco platypus, Cyprinidae, Opsariichthys, Nipponocypris koreanus, Nipponocypris temminckii | ||
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:
Other species formerly placed here are now in Candidia, Nipponocypris, Opsariichthys and Parazacco.
References
Zacco (fish) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA