We construct a reciprocal transformation for a coupled Camassa–Holm type equation proposed by Geng and Xue.
The transformed coupled Camassa–Holm type system is a reduction of the first negative flow in a modified Drinfeld–Sokolov III hierarchy.
The Lax pair and bi-Hamiltonian structure behaviors of the coupled Camassa–Holm type equation under the reciprocal transformation are analyzed.