Distoechodon

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.

Distoechodon
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

Species

This genus contains the following species:^[1]

• Distoechodon compressus (Nichols, 1925)
• Distoechodon macrophthalmus Y. H. Zhao, F. F. Kullander, S. O. Kullander & C. G. Zhang, 2009 (Red-wing fish)
• Distoechodon tumirostris W. K. H. Peters, 1881