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GBIF·5207609speciesAnimalia86 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderCypriniformes
  4. ›familyCyprinidae
  5. ›genusPlacocheilus
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Barbless Disc-barb

Placocheilus cryptonemus Cui & Li, 1984

Also called缺须盆唇鱼 (zho) · 缺鬚盆唇魚 (zho)

First described in: Cui, G.-H.; Li, Z.-Y. (1984). Description of a new cyprinid fish of the subfamily Barbinae from China. <em>Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica.</em> 9 (1): 110-112. [In Chinese, English summary.].

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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In the stacks

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Every page naming Placocheilus cryptonemus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5207609.