''Placogobio'' is a genus of freshwater

ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fins made of webbings of sk ...

belonging to the

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Gobionidae Gobioninae is a monophyletic family of Eurasian cyprinoid fishes. This is a species rich clade which, as a subfamily of the Cyprinidae was divided into five tribes: Gobionini, Pseudogobionini, Hemibarbini, Coreiini, and Sarcocheilichthyini. T ...

, the gudgeons. The species in this genus

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only 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 foun ...

to Vietnam.

Species

''Placogobio'' contains the following valid species: * '' Placogobio bacmeensis'' V. H. Nguyễn & V. B. Vo, 2001 * '' Placogobio nahangensis'' V. H. Nguyễn, 2001

References

* Gobionidae Fish of Vietnam Taxa named by Nguyễn Văn Hảo {{Cyprinidae-stub