''Cophecheilus'' is a
genus
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of fish in the
family
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Cyprinidae. These fish occur only in
China.
Species
There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Cophecheilus bamen''
Y. Zhu, E. Zhang, M. Zhang & Y. Q. Han, 2011 [Zhu, Y., Zhang, E., Zhang, M. & Han, Y.-Q. (2011)]
''Cophecheilus bamen'', a new genus and species of labeonine fishes (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from South China.
''Zootaxa, 2881, 39-50.''
* ''
Cophecheilus brevibarbatus''
A. Y. He, H. Wei, Y. He, Jian Yang, 2015 [He, A., Huang, W., He, Y. & Yang, J. (2015): ''Cophecheilus brevibarbatus'', a new labeonine fish from Guangxi, South China (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). ''Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 25 (4): 299-304.'']
References
Cyprinid fish of Asia
Freshwater fish of China
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