Zuojiangiais a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the family which also includes the carps, barbs, minnows and related fishes.
[1] The only species in this genus is Zuojiangia jingxiensis which was first formally described in 2018 with its type locality given as the outlet of a karst cave and a small connected unnamed stream in the drainage of the Zuojiang River, a tributary of the Pearl River at the Biaoliang Village in Lutong Town in Jingxi County, Guangxi Province.
The type locality was destroyed in 2013.
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