Cheilobarbus, commonly known as sawfins,^[1] is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae endemic to the Western Cape region in South Africa.

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Cheilobarbus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Genus:	Cheilobarbus Smith, 1841
Species
2 species, see text

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There are two species:^[2]

• Cheilobarbus capensis (Smith, 1841) (Cape whitefish)
• Cheilobarbus serra (W. K. H. Peters, 1864) (Sawfin)

Both species are tetraploid, like Pseudobarbus redfins, from which they were separated.^[3]