''Diplocheilichthys'' is a genus of freshwater
ray-finned fish
Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fins made of webbings of sk ...
belonging to the
family
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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 ...
, the carps, barbs, minnows and related fishes.
The two species which belong to this genus are found in
East Malaysia
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and Indonesia.
Species
''Diplocheilichthys'' contains the following species:
* ''
Diplocheilichthys jentinkii''
( Popta, 1904)
* ''
Diplocheilichthys pleurotaenia''
( Bleeker, 1855)
References
*
Labeoninae
Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker
Cyprinidae genera
Cyprinid fish of Asia
Fish of Indonesia
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