Linichthys

{{Short description|Monotypic genusof fish}}

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| image = Linichthy laticeps.jpg

| taxon = Linichthys laticeps

| display_parents = 3

| parent_authority = E. Zhang & F. Fang, 2005

| authority = (R. D. Lin & C. G. Zhang, 1986)

| synonyms = Barbodes laticeps Lin & Zhang, 1986

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Linichthys is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish be;onging to the family Cyprinidae, the family which includes the carps, barbs, minnows and related fishes. The only species in the gneus is Linichthys lateiceps, a species found only in the upper and middle Pearl River basin and the upper Yangtze basin in the city of Guiyang in Guizhou Province in Southern China This species reaches a length of

{{convert|11.0|cm|in|abbr=on}}.{{FishBase |genus= Linichthys|species= laticeps| month = February | year = 2015}}