Crossocheilus
{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
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| image = Crossocheilus siamensis (2) by Ark.jpg
| image_caption = Siamese algae eater (Crossocheilus oblongus)
| taxon = Crossocheilus
| authority = Kuhl & van Hasselt, 1823
| type_species = Crossocheilus oblongus
| type_species_authority = Kuhl & van Hasselt, 1823
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Crossocheilus, also known as the fringe barbs, flying foxes, or "algae eaters", is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is distributed in China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand in Asia.{{FishBase_genus | genus = Crossocheilus | month = January | year = 2016 }} These fish occur in several types of habitat, often fast-flowing rivers with rocky bottoms.
Species
These are the currently recognized species in this genus:{{Cof genus|genus=Crossocheilus|access-date=18 December 2024}}
- Crossocheilus atrilimes Kottelat, 2000
- Crossocheilus cobitis (Bleeker, 1854)
- Crossocheilus elegans Kottelat & H. H. Tan, 2011 Kottelat, M. & Tan, H.H. (2011): [http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/592/59rbz195-199.pdf Crossocheilus elegans, a new species of fish from northern Borneo (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208135122/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/592/59rbz195-199.pdf |date=2012-02-08 }} Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 59 (2): 195-199.
- Crossocheilus gnathopogon M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916
- Crossocheilus langei Bleeker, 1860
- Crossocheilus microstoma Ciccotto & Page, 2017
- Crossocheilus nigriloba Popta, 1904
- Crossocheilus oblongus Kuhl & van Hasselt, 1823
- Crossocheilus obscurus H. H. Tan & Kottelat, 2009 Tan, H.H. & Kottelat, M. (2009): The fishes of the Batang Hari drainage, Sumatra, with description of six new species. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 20 (1): 13-69.
- Crossocheilus reticulatus (Fowler, 1934)
- Crossocheilus tchangi Fowler, 1935
References
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Category:Cyprinid fish of Asia
Further reading
{{cite journal |last1=Ciccotto, et al. 2017. |title=Revision of the Cyprinid Genus Crossocheilus (Tribe Labeonini) with Description of a New Species |journal=Copeia |year=2017 |volume=105 |issue=2 |pages=269–292 |doi=10.1643/CI-16-538 |jstor=26872434 |s2cid=90056241 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/26872434.pdf}}
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