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Lobocheilos

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

Lobocheilos
Lobocheilos lehat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Lobocheilos
Bleeker, 1853
Type species
Labeo falcifer
Valenciennes, 1842

Lobocheilos is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae native to Asia.[1]

Species

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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]

References

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  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Lobocheilos". FishBase. October 2016 version.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species related to Tylognathus cryptopogon". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences.