Clypeobarbus

Clypeobarbus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Barbinae
Genus:	Clypeobarbus Fowler, 1936
Type species
Barbus kemoensis Fowler, 1936

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

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 ^[1]
Clypeobarbus congicus (Boulenger, 1899) (Congo barb)
Clypeobarbus hypsolepis (Daget, 1959)
Clypeobarbus matthesi (Poll & J. P. Gosse, 1963) ^[1]
Clypeobarbus pleuropholis (Boulenger, 1899)
Clypeobarbus pseudognathodon (Boulenger, 1915)
Clypeobarbus schoutedeni (Poll & J. G. Lambert, 1961)

References

1 2 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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