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Clypeobarbus

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Clypeobarbus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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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

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

References

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  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Clypeobarbus". FishBase. February 2019 version.
  2. ^ 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.