Clypeobarbus
| Clypeobarbus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Barbinae |
| Genus: | Clypeobarbus Fowler, 1936 |
| Type species | |
| Barbus kemoensis Fowler 1936
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| Species | |
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Clypeobarbus is a
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
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Species
There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Clypeobarbus bellcrossi (R. A. Jubb, 1965) (Gorgeous barb)
- G. S. Myers, 1924)
- 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)
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Clypeobarbus in FishBase. February 2019 version.
- ^ a b 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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