Aspidoparia

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Aspidoparia
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A. jaya
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Danioninae
Genus: Aspidoparia
Heckel, 1847

Aspidoparia is a small genus of cyprinid fishes that are found in South Asia. There are currently two recognized species in this genus.

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus. [1] In addition to these, Cabdio morar was formerly included in Aspidoparia.

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References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Aspidoparia in FishBase . August 2011 version.