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Species

There are currently 26 recognized species in this genus: * ''

Hypselobarbus basavarajai ''Hypselobarbus'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae endemic to India. Species There are currently 26 recognized species in this genus: * '' Hypselobarbus basavarajai'' Arunachalam, Chinnaraja & Mayden, 2016 Arunachalam, M., Chinnara ...

'' Arunachalam, Chinnaraja & Mayden, 2016 Arunachalam, M., Chinnaraja, S. & Mayden, R.L. (2016)
On the identities of ''Hypselobarbus pulchellus'' (Day, 1870), ''H. dobsoni'' (Day, 1876), ''H. jerdoni'' (Day, 1870), and ''H. maciveri'' Annandale 1919 (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae), with the description of a new species of ''Hypselobarbus'' from peninsular India.
''FishTaxa, 1 (3): 149-165.'' * ''

Hypselobarbus bicolor ''Hypselobarbus bicolor'' is a species of cyprinid in the genus ''Hypselobarbus''. Its habitat is in the India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the ...

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, A. Rai,

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& Dahanukar, 2016 Knight, J.D.M., Rai, A., D'souza, R.K.P., Philip, S. & Dahanukar, N. (2016): ''Hypselobarbus bicolor'', a new species of large barb (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Western Ghats of India. ''Zootaxa, 4184 (2): 316–328.'' * ''

Hypselobarbus canarensis ''Hypselobarbus'' is a genus of fish in the family (biology), family Cyprinidae endemism, endemic to India. Species There are currently 26 recognized species in this genus: * ''Hypselobarbus basavarajai'' Muthukumarasamy Arunachalam, Arunachalam ...

'' ( Jerdon, 1849) * ''

Hypselobarbus carnaticus ''Hypselobarbus carnaticus'', also known as the Carnatic carp, is a species of cyprinid fish from the Western Ghats in India where it inhabits riffles and larger pools in rapidly flowing rivers and streams. It prefers to shelter underneath boulde ...

'' (Carnatic carp) ( Jerdon, 1849) * '' Hypselobarbus curmuca'' (Curmuca barb) ( F. Hamilton, 1807) * '' Hypselobarbus dobsoni'' (Krishna carp) ( F. Day, 1876) * '' Hypselobarbus dubius'' (Nilgiris barb) ( F. Day, 1867) * ''

Hypselobarbus gracilis ''Hypselobarbus gracilis'' is a species of cyprinid in the genus ''Hypselobarbus''. It inhabits India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-m ...

'' ( Jerdon, 1849) * ''

Hypselobarbus jerdoni ''Hypselobarbus jerdoni'', also known as Jerdon's carp, is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to India where it is found in larger streams of southern Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Maharashtra Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a st ...

'' (Jerdon's carp) ( F. Day, 1870) * ''

Hypselobarbus keralaensis ''Hypselobarbus keralaensis'' is a species of cyprinid in the genus ''Hypselobarbus''. It inhabits Kerala, India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, th ...

'' Arunachalam, Chinnaraja & Mayden, 2016 Arunachalam, M., Chinnaraja, S. & Mayden, R.L. (2016)
Description of a new species of ''Hypselobarbus'' from Kerala region of Western Ghats, peninsular India (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae).
''Iranian Journal of Ichthyology, 3 (2): 73-81.'' * ''

Hypselobarbus kolus ''Hypselobarbus kolus'' (kolus barb) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Hypselobarbus'' which is endemic to the Western Ghats in southern India in the states of Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra. It has been recorded fro ...

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Hypselobarbus kurali ''Hypselobarbus kurali'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Hypselobarbus ''Hypselobarbus'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae endemic to India. Species There are currently 26 recognized species in this genus: * ''Hypselo ...

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& Rema Devi, 1995 * '' Hypselobarbus kushavali'' Arunachalam, Chinnaraja,

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& Mayden, 2016 Arunachalam, M., Chinnaraja, S., Shivakumar, P. & Mayden, R.L. (2016)
Description of a new species of large barb of the genus ''Hypselobarbus'' (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from Kali River, Karnataka region of Western Ghats, peninsular India.
''Iranian Journal of Ichthyology, 3 (4): 266–274.'' * '' Hypselobarbus lithopidos'' ( F. Day, 1874) Knight, J.D.M., Rai, A. & D'souza, R.K.P. (2013)
Re-description of ''Hypselobarbus lithopidos'' (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), based on its rediscovery from the Western Ghats, India, with notes on ''H. thomassi''.
''Journal of Threatened Taxa, 5 (13): 4734–4742.'' * '' Hypselobarbus maciveri'' ( Annandale, 1919) * '' Hypselobarbus menoni'' Arunachalam, Chinnaraja,

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& Mayden, 2014 Arunachalam, M., Chinnaraja, S., Chandran, A. & Mayden, R.L. (2014): On the identies of ''Cyprinus'' (=''Hypselobarbus'') ''curmuca'' Hamilton, ''Barbus'' (=''Hypselobarbus'') ''kolus'' Sykes, and ''Hypselobarbus kurali'' Menon and Rema Devi (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae), with descriptions of three new species of ''Hypselobarbus'' from peninsular India. ''Species, 11 (31): 72-94.'' * '' Hypselobarbus micropogon'' (Korhi barb) (

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, 1842) * '' Hypselobarbus mussullah'' (

, 1839) * '' Hypselobarbus nasutus'' Arunachalam, Chinnaraja & Mayden, 2016 Arunachalam, M., Chinnaraja, S. & Mayden, R.L. (2016)
On the identity of ''Barbus'' (=''Hypselobarbus'') ''gracilis'' Jerdon (1849) and description of a new species of ''Hypselobarbus'' (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from Western Ghats, peninsular India.
''FishTaxa, 1 (2): 75-83.'' * '' Hypselobarbus nilgiriensis'' *'' Hypselobarbus nitidus'' Plamoottil & Vineeth, 2022 (Kerala Beauty) * ''

Hypselobarbus periyarensis ''Hypselobarbus periyarensis'' is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Periyar Lake in Kerala, India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, sev ...

'' ( B. S. Raj, 1941) * '' Hypselobarbus procerus'' Plamoottil, 2021 (Attappady Barb) * '' Hypselobarbus pseudomussullah'' Arunachalam, Chinnaraja & Mayden, 2016 Arunachalam, M., Chinnaraja, S. & Mayden, R.L. (2016)
Remarkable rediscovery of ''Barbus'' (=''Hypselobarbus'') ''mussullah'' (Sykes) after 175 years of hiatus and description of a new species of ''Hypselobarbus'' Bleeker from peninsular India (Cyprinidae: Cypriniformes).
''FishTaxa, 1 (1): 1-13.'' * '' Hypselobarbus pulchellus'' ( F. Day, 1870) * '' Hypselobarbus tamiraparaniei'' Arunachalam, Chinnaraja,

& Mayden, 2014 * '' Hypselobarbus thomassi'' ( F. Day, 1874) * '' Hypselobarbus vaigaiensis'' Arunachalam, Chinnaraja,

& Mayden, 2014

References

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