''Bangana'' is a genus of fish in the family

Cyprinidae 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 barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest verte ...

, the carps and minnows. It is distributed across much of southern and eastern

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. Species live mainly in the flowing waters of

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and

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rivers.Liu, K. and W. Zhou. (2009)
''Bangana brevirostris'', a new species of cyprinid fish (Teleostei: Cypriniformes) from the Lancang-Jiang (Upper Mekong River) drainage in Yunnan, Southwest China.
''Zootaxa'' 1980, 61-68.

Taxonomy and species

''Bangana'' includes many species formerly classified in the genus '' Sinilabeo''. A number of species often placed in ''Bangana'' have again been moved to other genera, notably '' Altigena'', ''

Gymnostomus ''Gymnostomus'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical south-eastern region ...

'', '' Incisilabeo'', ''

Speolabeo ''Speolabeo musaei'' is a species of cyprinid cavefish endemic to the Xe Bang Fai River in Laos. It is the only species in the genus ''Speolabeo'', but it was formerly included in ''Bangana ''Bangana'' is a genus of fish in the family Cypr ...

'' and '' Vinalabeo'', but to what extent these changes are recognized varies. According to

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, there are 21 species in ''Bangana'', but some of these (marked with a star* in list) are placed in ''Altigena'', ''Gymnostomus'' or ''Incisilabeo'' by

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, which however recognizes ''Bangana nukta'' (Sykes, 1839) — a species placed in ''

Schismatorhynchos ''Schismatorhynchos'' is an Asian genus of cyprinid freshwater fish found in India, Borneo and Sumatra. There are four species in this genus, although some authorities raise ''Nukta'' to full generic status as a monotypic genus. Species * '' S ...

'' by FishBase. * ''

Bangana almorae ''Bangana almorae'' is a species of cyprinid fish endemic the Ganges The Ganges ( ) (in India: Ganga ( ); in Bangladesh: Padma ( )). "The Ganges Basin, known in India as the Ganga and in Bangladesh as the Padma, is an international river ...

'' ( B. L. Chaudhuri, 1912) * ''

Bangana ariza ''Bangana ariza'', the Reba or ariza labeo, is a cyprinid fish found in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. ''Bangana ariza'' occurs in clear rivers and tanks, feeding on plankton and detritus. It breeds in flooded shallows in ...

''* (

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, 1807) – reba * ''

Bangana behri ''Bangana behri'' is a species of cyprinid fish endemic the Mekong The Mekong or Mekong River is a trans-boundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia. It is the world's twelfth longest river and the third longest in Asia. Its estim ...

''* ( Fowler, 1937) * ''

Bangana brevirostris ''Bangana brevirostris'' is a species of 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 barbels. Cyprinidae is th ...

'' Liu & Zhou, 2009 * ''

Bangana decora ''Bangana decora'' is a species of 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 barbels. Cyprinidae is the larg ...

'' ( W. K. H. Peters, 1881) * ''

Bangana dero The kalabans (''Bangana dero'') is a species of 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 barbels. Cyprinida ...

'' (Hamilton, 1822) – kalabans * ''

Bangana devdevi ''Bangana devdevi'' is a species of 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 barbels. Cyprinidae is the lar ...

'' ( Hora, 1936) * ''

Bangana diplostoma ''Bangana diplostoma'' is a species of 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 barbels. Cyprinidae is the ...

'' ( Heckel, 1838) * ''

Bangana discognathoides ''Bangana discognathoides'' is a species of 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 barbels. Cyprinidae is ...

''* (

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& C. H. Pope, 1927) * ''

Bangana elegans ''Bangana elegans'' is a species of fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in the Nam Theun basin in Laos. See also * List of near threatened fishes As of September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists ...

''*

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

, 1998 * '' Bangana gedrosicus'' ( Zugmayer, 1912) * '' Bangana lemassoni'' ( Pellegrin & Chevey, 1936) * '' Bangana lippus''* (Fowler, 1936) * '' Bangana rendahli'' ( Sh. Kimura, 1934) * '' Bangana sinkleri''* (Fowler, 1934) * '' Bangana tonkinensis''* (Pellegrin & Chevey, 1934) * '' Bangana tungting'' (Nichols, 1925) * '' Bangana wui''* ( C. Y. Zheng & Y. R. Chen, 1983) * '' Bangana xanthogenys'' (Pellegrin & Chevey, 1936) * '' Bangana yunnanensis''* (Wu, et al., 1977) * '' Bangana zhui''* (Zheng & Chen, 1989)

References

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