Carassioides argentea

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Carassioides argentea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Carassioides
Species:
C. argentea
Binomial name
Carassioides argentea
Nguyen, 2001 [1]

Carassioides argentea is a species of cyprinid fish in the genus Carassioides . [1] It is found in Vietnam.

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References

  1. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2017). "Carassioides argentea" in FishBase. June 2017 version.