Paraspinibarbus macracanthus

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Paraspinibarbus macracanthus

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Paraspinibarbus
Species:
P. macracanthus
Binomial name
Paraspinibarbus macracanthus
(Pellegrin & Chevey, 1936)
Synonyms[2]
  • Spinibarbus macracanthus Pellegrin & Chevey, 1936
  • Parator macracanthus (Pellegrin & Chevey, 1936)
  • Balantiocheilus hekouensis Wu, 1977

Paraspinibarbus macracanthus, the pocket-like lip barbel, is a species of freshwater

family, the Cyprinidae. It occurs in the Nam Xam and Nam Ma river basins in Laos, the Red River basin in Vietnam and Yunnan, as well as in most of the coastal drainage basins of northern Vietnam.[1]

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