Clypeobarbus hypsolepis

Clypeobarbus hypsolepis a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the family which includes the carps, barbs and related fishes.^[2] This species is found in West Africa where it is known from the Niger River and the upper basins of the Volta, Bandama and Agnéby River in Burkina Faso, Mali, Guinea, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Nigeria, with a disjunct population in the Niger Delta.^[1]

Clypeobarbus hypsolepis
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Smiliogastrinae
Genus:	Clypeobarbus
Species:	C. hypsolepis
Binomial name
Clypeobarbus hypsolepis (Daget, 1959)[2]
Synonyms
Barbus hypsolepsis Daget, 1959