Sinocyclocheilus macrocephalus

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Sinocyclocheilus macrocephalus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Sinocyclocheilus
Species:
S. microcephalus
Binomial name
Sinocyclocheilus microcephalus
W. X. Li, 1985 [1]

Sinocyclocheilus macrocephalus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Sinocyclocheilus .

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References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Sinocyclocheilus macrocephalus" in FishBase. April 2006 version.