''Clypeobarbus'' is a

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of small

cyprinid Cyprinidae is a Family (biology), family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family, including the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives the barb (fish), barbs and barbel (fish), barbels, among others. Cyprinidae is the ...

fishes native to

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. Most

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are restricted to the

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, but ''C. pleuropholis'' is also found in the

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, while ''C. bellcrossi'' is from the

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and ''C. hypsolepis'' is from rivers in

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Species

There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus: * '' Clypeobarbus bellcrossi'' ( R. A. Jubb, 1965) (Gorgeous barb) * '' Clypeobarbus bomokandi'' ( G. S. Myers, 1924) * '' Clypeobarbus breviclipeus'' Stiassny & Sakharova, 2016 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.'' * '' Clypeobarbus congicus'' ( Boulenger, 1899) (Congo barb) * '' Clypeobarbus hypsolepis'' ( Daget, 1959) * '' Clypeobarbus matthesi'' (

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& J. P. Gosse, 1963) * '' Clypeobarbus pleuropholis'' (Boulenger, 1899) * '' Clypeobarbus pseudognathodon'' (Boulenger, 1915) * '' Clypeobarbus schoutedeni'' (Poll & J. G. Lambert, 1961)

References

Smiliogastrinae Fish of Africa Taxa named by Henry Weed Fowler {{Cyprinidae-stub