Capoeta capoetoides

Capoeta capoetoides is a cyprinid fish found in Africa. It is known only from the type specimen of doubtful origin and in poor condition, probably from the Chad Basin. As all other species of this genus are found in Asia, placement of this species in Capoeta is doubtful.

Capoeta capoetoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Cyprininae
Genus: Capoeta
Species:
C. capoetoides
Binomial name
Capoeta capoetoides
(Pellegrin, 1938)[1]
Synonyms
  • Varicorhinus capoetoides Pellegrin, 1938

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Capoeta capoetoides" in FishBase. April 2006 version.


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