Clypeobarbus

Taxonavigation: Cyprinoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Cypriniformes Subordo: Cyprinoidei

Familia: Cyprinidae
Subfamilia: Smiliogastrinae
Genus Clypeobarbus
Species: C. bellcrossi – C. bomokandi – C. breviclipeus – C. congicus – C. hypsolepis – C. matthesi – C. pleuropholis – C. pseudognathodon – C. schoutedeni

Name

Clypeobarbus Fowler, 1936

• Type species: Barbus kemoensis Fowler 1936

Etymology: a Barbus with clypeus (= shield), presumably referring to “very deeply exposed” scales on lateral line. (From The ETYFish project)

References

• Fowler, H.W. 1936. Zoological results of the George Vanderbilt African Expedition of 1934. Part III – The fresh water fishes. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 88: 243–335. Reference page. 
• 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. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12901 . Reference page. 

Links

• Clypeobarbus and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Clypeobarbus species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.