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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Cypriniformes
Subordo: Cyprinoidei

Familia: Cyprinidae
Subfamilia: Labeoninae
Genus: Placocheilus
Species: P. caudofasciatus – P. cryptonemus – P. dulongensis – P. robustus
Name

Placocheilus Wu in Wu, Lin, Chen, Chen & He, 1977: 382

Type species: Discognathus caudofasciatus ♂ Pellegrin & Chevey, 1936. Type by original designation (also monotypic).
References

Wu, H.-W., R.-D. Lin, Q.-X. Chen, X.-L. Chen & M.-Q. He 1977: Barbinae. Pp. 229-394. In: H.-W. Wu (ed.) Zhongguo like yulei zhi. [The cyprinid fishes of China] Volume 2. People's Press, Shanghai. [In Chinese.]
Zhang, E, He, S.-P. & Chen, Y.-Y. 2002. Revision of the cyprinid genus Placocheilus Wu, 1977 in China, with description of a new species from Yunnan. Hydrobiologia 487: 207–217. Reference page.
Zheng, L.-P., J.-X. Yang & X.-Y. Chen & W.-Y. Wang 2010: Phylogenetic relationships of the Chinese Labeoninae (Teleostei, Cypriniformes) derived from two nuclear and three mitochondial genes. Zoologica Scripta, 39 (6): 559–571.

Placocheilus is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae native to eastern Asia.[1]
Species

There is currently 5 recognized species in this genus:[2]

Placocheilus bibarbatus Nguyen, 2001
Placocheilus caudofasciatus (Pellegrin & Chevey, 1936)
Placocheilus cryptonemus Cui & Li, 1984
Placocheilus dulongensis Chen, Pan, Xiao & Yang, 2012
Placocheilus robustus Zhang, He & Chen, 2002

References

Zhou, W., Li, M.-h., Wang, C.-p. & Qi, M. (2015): Morphometric studies of genus Placocheilus (Teleostei: Cypriniformes) from Red River, China. Zoological Research, 36 (6): 348-353.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Placocheilus". FishBase. February 2024 version.

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