Lobocheilos Explained

The noctuid moth genus Lobocheilos, described by George Francis Hampson in 1891, has been renamed Latiphea.

Lobocheilos is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae native to Asia.

Species

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^[1] in the Catalog of Fishes, which also names L. cryptopogon as a synonym of Gymnostomus cryptopogon:

• Lobocheilos bo (Popta, 1904)
• Lobocheilos cornutus Smith, 1945
• Lobocheilos cryptopogon (Fowler, 1935)
• Lobocheilos davisi (Fowler, 1937)
• Lobocheilos delacouri (Pellegrin & Fang, 1940)
• Lobocheilos erinaceus Kottelat & H. H. Tan, 2008
• Lobocheilos falcifer (Valenciennes, 1842)
• Lobocheilos fowleri (Pellegrin & Chevey, 1936)
• Lobocheilos gracilis (Fowler, 1937)
• Lobocheilos ixocheilos Kottelat & Tan, 2008
• Lobocheilos kajanensis (Popta, 1904)
• Lobocheilos lehat Bleeker, 1858
• Lobocheilos melanotaenia (Fowler, 1935)
• Lobocheilos nigrovittatus Smith, 1945
• Lobocheilos ovalis Kottelat & Tan, 2008
• Lobocheilos quadrilineatus (Fowler, 1935)
• Lobocheilos rhabdoura (Fowler, 1934)
• Lobocheilos schwanenfeldii Bleeker, 1854
• Lobocheilos tenura Kottelat & Tan, 2008
• Lobocheilos terminalis Kottelat & Tan, 2008
• Lobocheilos thavili Smith, 1945
• Lobocheilos trangensis (Fowler, 1939)
• Lobocheilos unicornis Kottelat & Tan, 2008

Notes and References

1. Ciccotto, P.J. & Page, L.M. (2016): From 12 to One Species: Variation in Lobocheilos rhabdoura (Fowler, 1934) (Cyprinidae: Labeonini). Copeia, 104 (4): 879-889.