Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Cypriniformes
Superfamilia: Cyprinoidea
Familia: Cyprinidae
Subfamilia: Xenocypridinae
Genus: Zacco
Species: Z. chengtui – Z. koreanus – Z. platypus – Z. taiwanensis – Z. taliensis
Name
Zacco Jordan & Evermann, 1902
Type species: Leuciscus platypus Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
Vernacular names
English: Freshwater minnow, Trout minnow
ไทย: ปลาน้ำหมึกจีน, ปลาแซกโก
References
Jordan, D. S. and Evermann, B. W. 1902. Notes on a collection of fishes from th]]e island of Formosa. Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus. 315-368
Howes, G.J. 1983: Additional notes on bariliine cyprinid fishes. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), zoology, 45 (2): 95–101. BHL
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)[2]
Zacco chengtui Sh. Kimura, 1934
Zacco platypus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Pale Chub, Pale bleak, Fresh-water sprat)
Zacco taliensis (Regan, 1907)
Other species formerly placed here are now in Candidia, Nipponocypris, Opsariichthys and Parazacco.
Footnotes
FishBase [2011]
Fishbase: Valid names, 2016
References
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Zacco in FishBase. October 2011 version.
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