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Clypeobarbus
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Clypeobarbus

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.

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8 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 8 known species

Clypeobarbus pleuropholis

speciesClypeobarbus pleuropholis

Clypeobarbus bellcrossi

speciesClypeobarbus bellcrossi

Clypeobarbus congicus

speciesClypeobarbus congicus

Clypeobarbus hypsolepis

speciesClypeobarbus hypsolepis

Clypeobarbus bomokandi

speciesClypeobarbus bomokandi

Clypeobarbus pseudognathodon

speciesClypeobarbus pseudognathodon

Clypeobarbus schoutedeni

speciesClypeobarbus schoutedeni

Clypeobarbus breviclipeus

speciesClypeobarbus breviclipeus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 87539.