Parazacco is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae, native to China and Vietnam.

Parazacco
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Xenocyprinae
Genus: Parazacco
Y. Y. Chen, 1982[1]
Species

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Species

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According to FishBase, there are currently two recognized species in this genus,[2] but the Catalog of Fishes considers the first as a synonym of the second.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Revision of the fishes of genera Opsariichthys, Zacco, Candidia, and Parazacco. IY Chen, Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica, 1982
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Parazacco". FishBase. February 2019 version.
  3. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Parazacco". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 February 2019.