Clypeobarbus
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.
| Clypeobarbus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Barbinae |
| Genus: | Clypeobarbus Fowler, 1936 |
| Type species | |
| Barbus kemoensis Fowler 1936 | |
| Species | |
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See list | |
Species
There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Clypeobarbus bellcrossi (R. A. Jubb, 1965) (Gorgeous barb)
- Clypeobarbus bomokandi (G. S. Myers, 1924)
- Clypeobarbus breviclipeus Stiassny & Sakharova, 2016 [2]
- Clypeobarbus congicus (Boulenger, 1899) (Congo barb)
- Clypeobarbus hypsolepis (Daget, 1959)
- Clypeobarbus matthesi (Poll & J. P. Gosse, 1963) [2]
- Clypeobarbus pleuropholis (Boulenger, 1899)
- Clypeobarbus pseudognathodon (Boulenger, 1915)
- Clypeobarbus schoutedeni (Poll & J. G. Lambert, 1961)
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References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Clypeobarbus in FishBase. February 2019 version.
- 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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