Distoechodon
Distoechodon is a genus of cyprinid fishes that occur in East Asia, one species endemic to mainland China and the other in both mainland China and Taiwan.
| Distoechodon | |
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| Distoechodon tumirostris | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Xenocyprinae |
| Genus: | Distoechodon W. K. H. Peters, 1881 |
| Type species | |
| Distoechodon tumirostris Peters, 1881 | |
Species
- Distoechodon macrophthalmus Y. H. Zhao, F. F. Kullander, S. O. Kullander & C. G. Zhang, 2009 (Red-wing fish)
- Distoechodon tumirostris W. K. H. Peters, 1881
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Distoechodon in FishBase. August 2011 version.
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