''Crossocheilus'', also known as the fringe barbs, flying foxes, or "algae eaters", is a

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in the family Cyprinidae. It is distributed in

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and

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. These

occur in several types of habitat, often fast-flowing

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s with rocky bottoms.

Species

These are the currently recognized species in this genus: * '' Crossocheilus atrilimes'' Kottelat, 2000 * '' Crossocheilus cobitis'' ( Bleeker, 1854) * '' Crossocheilus elegans'' Kottelat & H. H. Tan, 2011 Kottelat, M. & Tan, H.H. (2011)
''Crossocheilus elegans'', a new species of fish from northern Borneo (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).
''Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 59 (2): 195-199.'' * '' Crossocheilus gnathopogon'' M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916 * '' Crossocheilus langei'' Bleeker, 1860 * '' Crossocheilus microstoma'' Ciccotto & Page, 2017 * '' Crossocheilus nigriloba'' Popta, 1904 * '' Crossocheilus oblongus'' Kuhl & van Hasselt, 1823 * '' Crossocheilus obscurus'' H. H. Tan & Kottelat, 2009 Tan, H.H. & Kottelat, M. (2009): The fishes of the Batang Hari drainage, Sumatra, with description of six new species. ''Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 20 (1): 13-69.'' * '' Crossocheilus reticulatus'' ( Fowler, 1934) * '' Crossocheilus tchangi'' Fowler, 1935

References

Cyprinidae genera Cyprinid fish of Asia Taxa named by Johan Conrad van Hasselt Taxa named by Heinrich Kuhl

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