Paraspinibarbus macracanthus

Paraspinibarbus macracanthus, the pocket-like lip barbel, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish from the carp and minnow 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]

Paraspinibarbus macracanthus
Scientific classification
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

References
  1. Huckstorf, V. (2012). "Paraspinibarbus macracanthus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T181019A1689172. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T181019A1689172.en. Downloaded on 26 December 2017.
  2. Rainer Froese; Daniel pauly, eds. (2017). "Paraspinibarbus macracanthus (Pellegrin & Chevey, 1936)". Fishbase. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
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