Cophecheilus Explained

Cophecheilus is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae. These fish occur only in China.

Species

There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:

• Cophecheilus bamen Y. Zhu, E. Zhang, M. Zhang & Y. Q. Han, 2011 ^[1]
• Cophecheilus brevibarbatus A. Y. He, H. Wei, Y. He, Jian Yang, 2015 ^[2]

Notes and References

1. Zhu, Y., Zhang, E., Zhang, M. & Han, Y.-Q. (2011): Cophecheilus bamen, a new genus and species of labeonine fishes (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from South China. Zootaxa, 2881, 39-50.
2. He, A., Huang, W., He, Y. & Yang, J. (2015): Cophecheilus brevibarbatus, a new labeonine fish from Guangxi, South China (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 25 (4): 299-304.