Distoechodon

Genus of fishes

Distoechodon
Distoechodon tumirostris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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.

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.
Taxon identifiers
Distoechodon
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