''Laubuka'' is a

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Species

There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus: * '' Laubuka brahmaputraensis'' Kulabtong, Suksri & Nonpayom, 2012 Kulabtong, S., Suksri, S. & Nonpayom, C. (2012): A new species of genus ''Laubuca'' Bleeker, 1860 cyprinid fish from Bangladesh (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae). ''Biodiversity Journal, 3 (1): 93-95.'' * ''

Laubuka caeruleostigmata The leaping barb or flying minnow (''Laubuka caeruleostigmata''), is a species of cyprinid fish found in the Mekong and the Chao Phraya The Chao Phraya ( or ; th, แม่น้ำเจ้าพระยา, , or ) is the major river in ...

'' H. M. Smith, 1931 (Leaping barb) * ''

Laubuka dadiburjori The dadio (''Laubuka dadiburjori'') is a cyprinid fish, is rarely seen in the aquarist hobby but is not entirely unlike the ''Danio nigrofasciatus'' in appearance. ''Laubuka dadiburjori'' is a gold/silver fish with a blue line, it has two col ...

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, 1952 (Dadio) * ''

Laubuka fasciata ''Laubuka fasciata'' is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to river systems in Kerala, India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most popul ...

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, 1958) * ''

Laubuka hema ''Laubuka'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in South and Southeast Asia. Species There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus: * '' Laubuka brahmaputraensis'' Kulabtong, Suksri & Nonpayom, 2012 Kulabtong, S., Suksri, S. & Nonpay ...

'' Sudasinghe, Pethiyagoda & Meegaskumbura, 2020 * ''

Laubuka insularis ''Laubuka insularis'', is a cyprinid fish in the family Cyprinidae, which is endemic to island Sri Lanka. It is a freshwater species, that is confined to rivers and streams running through the Knuckles Mountain Range The Knuckles Mountain R ...

'' Pethiyagoda,

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, Anjana Silva, Maduwage & Meegaskumbura, 2008 * ''

Laubuka lankensis ''Laubuka lankensis'', also known as the Sri Lanka blue laubuca, is a cyprinid Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and ba ...

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, 1960) * ''

Laubuka latens ''Laubuka latens'' is a species of small fish of the minnow and carp family, Cyprinidae, and the Danio subfamily. It was described in 2015 from specimens collected in the Cauvery River and its tributaries in the Western Ghats of India. This sp ...

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, 2015 Knight, J.D.M. (2015): Description of two new species of ''Laubuka'' (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from River Cauvery, southern India. ''Zootaxa, 4000 (5): 518–530.'' * ''

Laubuka laubuca The Indian glass barb (''Laubuka laubuca''), is a cyprinid fish in the family Cyprinidae found in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Nepal and Indonesia. This species is reported in Mekong and Chao Phraya The Chao Phraya ( o ...

'' ( F. Hamilton, 1822) (Indian glass barb) * ''

Laubuka ruhuna ''Laubuka ruhuna'' is a cyprinid fish species in the family Cyprinidae, which is endemic to island Sri Lanka. Etymology The specific name "ruhuna" is from Sinhala language Sinhala ( ; , ''siṁhala'', ), sometimes called Sinhalese (), i ...

'' Pethiyagoda,

Kottelat Maurice Kottelat (born 16 July 1957 in Delémont, SwitzerlandC ...

, Anjana Silva, Maduwage & Meegaskumbura, 2008 * ''

Laubuka siamensis ''Laubuka siamensis'' is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peni ...

'' Fowler, 1939 * ''

Laubuka tenella ''Laubuka tenella'' is a species of small fish of the minnow and carp family, Cyprinidae, and the Danioninae subfamily. It was described in 2018 from specimens collected in the small streams of Cox's Bazar and Teknaf in Bangladesh and Thandw ...

'' Kullander, Rahman, Norén, Mollah, 2018 * '' Laubuka trevori''

, 2015 * '' Laubuka varuna'' Pethiyagoda,

Kottelat Maurice Kottelat (born 16 July 1957 in Delémont, SwitzerlandC ...

, Anjana Silva, Maduwage & Meegaskumbura, 2008

References

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