''Coptostomabarbus'' is a small
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
cyprinid
Cyprinidae is a Family (biology), family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family, including the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives the barb (fish), barbs and barbel (fish), barbels, among others. Cyprinidae is the ...
fish containing only two
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...
n species.
Species
* ''
Coptostomabarbus bellcrossi''
Poll, 1969
* ''
Coptostomabarbus wittei''
L. R. David & Poll, 1937 (Upjaw barb)
References
*
Smiliogastrinae
Taxa named by Max Poll
Cyprinidae genera
Cyprinid fish of Africa
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