Lobocheilos falcifer (Valenciennes, 1842)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Lobocheilos falcifer is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the family which includes the carps, barbs, minnows and related fishes. This species is endemic to Java.
Wikipedia contributors, Lobocheilos falcifer; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T23:04:18.466236+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Lobocheilos falcifer (Valenciennes, 1842)
- Name authority
- (Valenciennes, 1842)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Lobocheilos
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCypriniformes
- familyCyprinidae Rafinesque, 1815
- genusLobocheilos Bleeker, 1854
- speciesLobocheilos falcifer (Valenciennes, 1842)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Lobocheilos. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Lobocheilos bo (Popta, 1904) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lobocheilos erinaceus Kottelat & Tan, 2008 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lobocheilos fowleri (Pellegrin & Chevey, 1936) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lobocheilos melanotaenia (Fowler, 1935) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lobocheilos nigrovittatus Smith, 1945 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lobocheilos quadrilineatus (Fowler, 1935) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lobocheilos tenura Kottelat & Tan, 2008 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lobocheilos trangensis (Fowler, 1939) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lobocheilos unicornis Kottelat & Tan, 2008 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lobocheilos aurolineatus Ciccotto & Tan, 2018 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lobocheilos cornutus Smith, 1945 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lobocheilos cryptopogon (Fowler, 1935) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Gobio javanicus Bleeker, 1857 Bleeker, 1857 | synonym |
| Gobio microcephalus Bleeker, 1857 Bleeker, 1857 | synonym |
| Labeo hispidus Valenciennes, 1842 Valenciennes, 1842 | synonym |
| Lobocheilus lipocheilus (Valenciennes, 1844) (Valenciennes, 1844) | synonym |
| Tylognathus hispidus (Valenciennes, 1842) (Valenciennes, 1842) | synonym |
| Lobocheilus javanicus (Bleeker, 1857) (Bleeker, 1857) | synonym |
| Lobocheilus falcifer Kuhl & van Hasselt, 1823 Kuhl & van Hasselt, 1823 | synonym |
| Labeo falcifer Valenciennes, 1842 Valenciennes, 1842 | synonym |
| Lobocheilos hispidus (Valenciennes, 1842) (Valenciennes, 1842) | synonym |
| Tylognathus falcifer (Valenciennes, 1842) (Valenciennes, 1842) | synonym |
| Chondrostoma lipocheilos Valenciennes, 1844 Valenciennes, 1844 | synonym |
| Barbus hasseltii Bleeker, 1857 Bleeker, 1857 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1021370 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3VT2X. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.