Carassioides

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Carassioides
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Cyprininae
Genus: Carassioides
Ōshima, 1926
Type species
Carassioides rhombeus [1]
Oshima, 1926 [2]

Carassioides is a genus of cyprinid fish that occurs in East and Southeast Asia. There are currently four recognized species.

Species

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References

  1. Willian Eschmeyer, ed. (2017). "Search results from the Catalog of Fishes". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  2. Oshima, M. (1926). "Notes on a collection of fishes from Hai- nan, obtained by Prof. S. F. Light". Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses. 11: 1–25.