''Arabibarbus'' is a genus of
Cyprinidae. They are medium-small to very large freshwater
carps
Carp are various species of oily freshwater fish from the family Cyprinidae, a very large group of fish native to Europe and Asia. While carp is consumed in many parts of the world, they are generally considered an invasive species in parts of ...
found in the
Western Asia
Western Asia, West Asia, or Southwest Asia, is the westernmost subregion of the larger geographical region of Asia, as defined by some academics, UN bodies and other institutions. It is almost entirely a part of the Middle East, and includes Ana ...
.
[Borkenhagen, K. (2014): A new genus and species of cyprinid fish (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae) from the Arabian Peninsula, and its phylogenetic and zoogeographic affinities. ''Environmental Biology of Fishes, 97: 1179–1195''.]
Species
The
taxonomic position of these species has historically caused considerable confusion and they were formerly placed in ''
Barbus
''Barbus'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. The type species of ''Barbus'' is the common barbel, first described as ''Cyprinus barbus'' and now named ''Barbus barbus''. ''Barbus'' is the namesake genus of the subfamil ...
'' or ''
Tor
Tor, TOR or ToR may refer to:
Places
* Tor, Pallars, a village in Spain
* Tor, former name of Sloviansk, Ukraine, a city
* Mount Tor, Tasmania, Australia, an extinct volcano
* Tor Bay, Devon, England
* Tor River, Western New Guinea, Indonesia
Sc ...
'', although the species described in 2014 was placed in ''Arabibarbus'' from the beginning.
There are currently three recognized species of this genus:
[
*'' Arabibarbus arabicus'' ( Trewavas, 1941)
*'' Arabibarbus hadhrami'' ( Borkenhagen, 2014)
*'' Arabibarbus grypus'' ( Heckel, 1843) (Shirbot)
]
References
Vertebrates of the Arabian Peninsula
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