''Cophecheilus'' is a

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of fish in the

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Cyprinidae Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family, including the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives the barbs and barbels, among others. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family, and t ...

. These fish occur only in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

Species

There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus: * '' Cophecheilus bamen'' Y. Zhu, E. Zhang, M. Zhang & Y. Q. Han, 2011 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.'' * '' Cophecheilus brevibarbatus'' A. Y. He, H. Wei, Y. He, Jian Yang, 2015 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.''

References

Cyprinid fish of Asia Freshwater fish of China {{Labeoninae-stub