Crossocheilus

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Crossocheilus
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Crossocheilus sp.
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Labeoninae
Genus: Crossocheilus
Kuhl & van Hasselt, 1823
Type species
Crossocheilus oblongus
Kuhl & van Hasselt, 1823
Synonyms

Crossocheilus, also known as the fringe barbs, flying foxes, or "algae eaters", is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is distributed in China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand in Asia.[1] These fish occur in several types of habitat, often fast-flowing rivers with rocky bottoms.[2]

Species

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These are the currently recognized species in this genus:[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  2. ^ a b Kottelat, M. & Tan, H.H. (2011): Crossocheilus elegans, a new species of fish from northern Borneo (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Archived 2012-02-08 at the Wayback Machine Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 59 (2): 195-199.
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  4. ^ Tan, H.H. & Kottelat, M. (2009): The fishes of the Batang Hari drainage, Sumatra, with description of six new species. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 20 (1): 13-69.

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Further reading

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