| Balantiocheilos | |
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| A bala shark, B. melanopterus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Barbinae |
| Genus: | Balantiocheilos Bleeker, 1860 |
| Type species | |
| Barbus melanopterus Bleeker 1851.
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Balantiocheilos is a small genus of cyprinid fish from southeast Asia. It includes two species.