Megalobrama pellegrini

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Megalobrama pellegrini
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Suborder: Cyprinoidei
Family: Xenocyprididae
Genus: Megalobrama
Species:
M. pellegrini
Binomial name
Megalobrama pellegrini
(T. L. Tchang, 1930)
Synonyms
  • Parosteobrama pellegrini Tchang, 1930

Megalobrama pellegrini is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies.[2] This fish is endemic to upper reaches of the Yangtze River. It grows to 25 cm (9.8 in) TL.[3]

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