Zacco (fish)
| 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: | Xenocyprididae |
| Genus: | Zacco D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1902[1] |
| Type species | |
| Leuciscus platypus | |
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Zacco is a genus of small freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies.[1] They are found in freshwater habitats in China and northern Vietnam. The generic name Zacco derives from the Japanese Zako 雑魚 (Coarse fish).[2]
Species
[edit]The following species are currently placed in the genus:[3]
- Zacco acanthogenys (Boulenger, 1901)
- Zacco platypus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Freshwater minnow)
- Zacco sinensis L. Zhu, D. Yu & H. Z. Liu, 2020
- Zacco tiaoxiensis Y. Zhang, J.-J. Zhou & J. Q. Yang, 2023
Other species formerly placed here are now in Candidia, Nipponocypris, Opsariichthys and Parazacco.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Xenocyprididae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Zacco". FishBase. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Zacco". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ Bailly, Nicolas (2014). "Zacco Jordan & Evermann, 1902". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
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