Megalobrama pellegrini
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| Megalobrama pellegrini | |
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| Scientific 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) | |
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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]