Giant salmon carp | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Genus: | Aaptosyax Rainboth, 1991 |
Species: | A. grypus |
Binomial name | |
Aaptosyax grypus Rainboth, 1991 |
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Synonyms | |
Aptosyax grypus [orth. err.] |
The giant salmon carp (Aaptosyax grypus) is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family, of the monotypic genus Aaptosyax. It is endemic to the middle reaches of the Mekong River in Laos and Thailand.