Acrossocheilus paradoxus (Günther, 1868) is a animal in the Cyprinidae family, order Cypriniformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Acrossocheilus paradoxus (Günther, 1868) (Acrossocheilus paradoxus (Günther, 1868))
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Acrossocheilus paradoxus (Günther, 1868)

Acrossocheilus paradoxus (Günther, 1868)

Acrossocheilus paradoxus is a ray-finned fish from China and Taiwan, used as food and kept as an ornamental fish.

Family
Genus
Acrossocheilus
Order
Cypriniformes
Class

About Acrossocheilus paradoxus (Günther, 1868)

Acrossocheilus paradoxus (Günther, 1868) is a ray-finned fish species that belongs to the genus Acrossocheilus. This species is native to Taiwan and China. It is both consumed as food and kept as an ornamental fish.

Photo: (c) Tse Chung Yi, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Tse Chung Yi · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Cypriniformes Cyprinidae Acrossocheilus

More from Cyprinidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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