Clypeobarbus
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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
There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus:{{FishBase genus | genus = Clypeobarbus| month = February | year = 2019}}
- 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 (Poll & J. P. Gosse, 1963)
- Clypeobarbus pleuropholis (Boulenger, 1899)
- Clypeobarbus pseudognathodon (Boulenger, 1915)
- Clypeobarbus schoutedeni (Poll & J. G. Lambert, 1961)