| 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 | |
| Species | |
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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)
- Zacco chengtui Sh. Kimura, 1934
- Zacco platypus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Pale Chub, Pale bleak, Fresh-water sprat)
- Zacco sinensis Zhu, Yu & Liu, 2020
- Zacco taliensis (Regan, 1907)
- Zacco tiaoxiensis Zhang, Zhou & Yang, 2023[2]
Other species formerly placed here are now in Candidia, Nipponocypris, Opsariichthys and Parazacco.[3]
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Zacco in FishBase. October 2011 version.
- ^ "New fish species found in mother river of Yuhang". 21 March 2023.
- ^ Bailly, Nicolas (2014). "Zacco Jordan & Evermann, 1902". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
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