''Distoechodon'' is a genus of

cyprinid Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest ver ...

fishes that occur in

East Asia East Asia is the eastern region of Asia, which is defined in both Geography, geographical and culture, ethno-cultural terms. The modern State (polity), states of East Asia include China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan. ...

, one species

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...

to mainland China and the other in both mainland China and

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

Species

*'' 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

References

* Cyprinid fish of Asia Freshwater fish of China Cyprinidae genera Xenocyprinae Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters {{Cyprinidae-stub