Zacco
Pale chub (Z. platypus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Genus:	Zacco D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1902
Type species
Leuciscus platypus Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
Species
See text

Zacco is a genus of small ray-finned fishes in the family Cyprinidae. They are found in freshwater habitats in China and northern Vietnam. The generic name Zacco derives from the Japanese Zako 雑魚 (Coarse fish).

Species

The following species are currently placed in the genus:^[1]

• Zacco acutipinnis (Bleeker, 1871)^[2]
• Zacco chengtui Sh. Kimura, 1934
• Zacco platypus <

(Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Pale Chub, Pale bleak, Fresh-water sprat)

• Zacco taliensis (Regan, 1907)
• Zacco tiaoxiensis Zhang, Zhou & Yang, 2023

Other species formerly placed here are now in Candidia, Nipponocypris, Opsariichthys and Parazacco.^{[citation needed]}