''Cosmochilus cardinalis'' is a species of

cyprinid Cyprinidae is a Family (biology), family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family, including the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives the barb (fish), barbs and barbel (fish), barbels, among others. Cyprinidae is the ...

in the genus '' Cosmochilus''. It inhabits the

Mekong The Mekong or Mekong River ( , ) is a transboundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia. It is the world's twelfth-longest river and the third-longest in Asia with an estimated length of and a drainage area of , discharging of wat ...

Yunnan Yunnan; is an inland Provinces of China, province in Southwestern China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 47.2 million (as of 2020). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the Chinese provinces ...

, China.

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cardinalis ''Cardinalis'' is a genus of birds in the family Cardinalidae. There are three species ranging across North America to northern South America. Description They are birds between 19 and 22 cm in length. Its most distinctive characteristics a ...

Fish described in 1985 Taxa named by Tyson R. Roberts Freshwater fish of China Cyprinid fish of Asia {{Cyprinidae-stub