Lobocheilos is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae native to Asia.[1]
Lobocheilos | |
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Lobocheilos lehat | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Genus: | Lobocheilos Bleeker, 1853 |
Type species | |
Labeo falcifer Valenciennes, 1842
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There are currently 12 recognized species in this genus, although Fishbase places 23 species in the genus. However, a number of these are listed as synonyms of Lobocheilos rhabdoura[2] in the Catalog of Fishes, which also names L. cryptopogon as a synonym of Gymnostomus cryptopogon:[3]