Distoechodon
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| Distoechodon | |
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| Distoechodon tumirostris | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Xenocyprididae |
| Genus: | Distoechodon W. K. H. Peters, 1881 |
| Type species | |
| Distoechodon tumirostris Peters, 1881 | |
Distoechodon is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies. The fishes in this genus are found in East Asia, one species endemic to mainland China and the other in both mainland China and Taiwan.
