Flat-headed loach

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{Cite journal | author = Huckstorf, V. | title = Oreonectes platycephalus | journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume = 2012 | page = e.T166106A1111876 | publisher = IUCN | date = 2012 | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/166106/0 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T166106A1111876.en | access-date = 14 January 2018| doi-access = free }}

| taxon = Oreonectes platycephalus

| authority = Günther, 1868

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Flat-headed loach (Oreonectes platycephalus) is a species of cyprinid fish. It is found in fast-flowing streams in southern China (including Hong Kong) and northern Vietnam. It grows to {{convert|10|cm|abbr=on}} total length.

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Category:Oreonectes

Category:Freshwater fish of China

Category:Fauna of Hong Kong

Category:Fish of Vietnam

Category:Fish described in 1868

Category:Taxa named by Albert Günther

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