Biology:Clypeobarbus

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Clypeobarbus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Clypeobarbus
Fowler, 1936
Type species
Barbus kemoensis
Fowler 1936
Species

See list

Clypeobarbus is a genus of small cyprinid fishes native to Africa. Most species are restricted to the Congo River Basin, but C. pleuropholis is also found in the Chad Basin, while C. bellcrossi is from the Zambezi and C. hypsolepis is from rivers in Western Africa.

Species

There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus:[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Clypeobarbus in FishBase. February 2019 version.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Stiassny, M.L.J. & Sakharova, H. (2016): Review of the smiliogastrin cyprinids of the Kwilu River (Kasai Basin, central Africa), revised diagnosis for Clypeobarbus (Cyprinidae: Cyprininae: Smiliogastrini) and description of a new species. Journal of Fish Biology, 88 (4): 1394-1412.

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