''Belligobio'' is a small genus of freshwater

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belonging to the

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Gobionidae Gobioninae is a monophyletic family of Eurasian cyprinoid fishes. This is a species rich clade which, as a subfamily of the Cyprinidae was divided into five tribes: Gobionini, Pseudogobionini, Hemibarbini, Coreiini, and Sarcocheilichthyini. T ...

, the gudgeons. The fishes in this genus are found in China and Japan. The type species of ''Belligobio'' is ''Belligobio eristigma'', a taxon which has been regarded as a

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of '' Hemibarbus mylodon'', a species not currently classified in ''Belligobio'' and some authorities suggest that ''Belligobio'' is a sub-genus within '' Hemibarbus''. However, ''

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'', recognises ''B. eristigma'' as a separate valid species.

Species

''Belligobio'' contains the following species: * '' Belligobio eristigma'' D. S. Jordan & C. L. Hubbs, 1925 * '' Belligobio nummifer'' ( Boulenger, 1901) * '' Belligobio pengxianensis'' P.Q. Luo, Le & Yi-Yu Chen, 1977

References

* Gobionidae Taxa named by David Starr Jordan Freshwater fish of China Taxa named by Carl Leavitt Hubbs {{Gobioninae-stub