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.

Clypeobarbus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Smiliogastrinae
Genus:	Clypeobarbus Fowler, 1936
Type species
Barbus kemoensis Fowler 1936
Species
See list

Species

There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus:^[1]

• Clypeobarbus bellcrossi (R. A. Jubb, 1965) (Gorgeous barb)
• Clypeobarbus bomokandi (G. S. Myers, 1924)
• Clypeobarbus breviclipeus Stiassny & Sakharova, 2016 ^[2]
• Clypeobarbus congicus (Boulenger, 1899) (Congo barb)
• Clypeobarbus hypsolepis (Daget, 1959)
• Clypeobarbus matthesi (Poll & J. P. Gosse, 1963) ^[2]
• Clypeobarbus pleuropholis (Boulenger, 1899)
• Clypeobarbus pseudognathodon (Boulenger, 1915)
• Clypeobarbus schoutedeni (Poll & J. G. Lambert, 1961)