Discocheilus

Genus of fishes

Discocheilus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Labeoninae
Genus: Discocheilus
E. Zhang, 1997
Type species
Discolabeo wui
Chen & Lan, 1992
Synonyms
  • Discolabeo Chen & Lan, 1992

Discocheilus is a genus of cyprinid fishes endemic to China. This genus contains two recognized species.

Species

  • Discocheilus multilepis (D. Z. Wang & D. J. Li, 1994)
  • Discocheilus wui (J. X. Chen & J. H. Lan, 1992)

References

  • Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Discocheilus in FishBase. August 2011 version.
Taxon identifiers
Discocheilus


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