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Parazacco
Sign in to saveParazacco is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies. The only species in the genus is Parazacco spilurus, the predaceous chub, a fish found in China and Vietnam. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has classified this species as Data Deficient but Parazacco fasciatus, now regarded as a synonym of P. spilurus, is classified as being Least Concern.
Species
Predaceous Chub
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCypriniformes
- FamilyCyprinidae
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Parazacco is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies. The only species in the genus is Parazacco spilurus, the predaceous chub, a fish found in China and Vietnam. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has classified this species as Data Deficient but Parazacco fasciatus, now regarded as a synonym of P. spilurus, is classified as being Least Concern.
== References ==
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