Chengdu Chub

Body color dark gray on back; white on belly; with over 10 dark horizontal zones on sides of body and red spots between zones; grayish white on dorsal and caudal fins and green spots scattered on fins; other fins red. Length of head equal to depth of body; lower jaw a bit long and a point inlaying with a dent at front tip of maxilla in center of its front edge; barbel absent (Ref. 45563).

Lives in rivers, channels and brooks and generally likes to stay in slow-moving clear waters (Ref. 45563).

Zacco chengtui is a species of cyprinid of the genus Zacco. It inhabits Chengtu, Szechman Province, China. It was described in 1934 by Shigeru Kimura, has not been classified on the IUCN Red List and is considered harmless to humans.