Clypeobarbus breviclipeus

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: Clypeobarbus breviclipeus

Name

Clypeobarbus breviclipeus Stiassny & Sakharova, 2016

• Holotype: AMNH 263725.
• Paratypes: AMNH 255733 (6), 263753 (6), 256357 (2), 255739 (9, 4 c&s); BMNH 2015.6.5.1-2 (2); MCZ 171665 (2); MRAC B5-20-P-1-2 (2); ZSM 43930 (2).

Type locality: Democratic Republic of Congo, Bandundu Province, Kwilu River at Port Mado 1, 5°14′58,52" S; 18°57′00,07" E.

Etymology: Specific name breviclipeus from Latin brevis, for small or brief, and clypeus, for shield, in reference to relatively small size of pore-bearing scales in midlateral series as compared with greatly enlarged, shield-like scales of some congeners.

References

• 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.