''Carasobarbus'', the himris, is a small

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ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or h ...

es in the

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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 ve ...

. Its

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are found in rivers, streams, lakes and ponds in

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and Northwest Africa. ''C. canis'' can reach in

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, but most other species are up to around half or one-quarter of that size. Like many other "

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s", it was long included 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 ...

''. It appears to be a fairly close relative of the typical barbels and relatives – the genus ''Barbus'' proper –, but closer still to the large

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species nowadays separated in ''

Labeobarbus ''Labeobarbus'' is a mid-sized ray-finned fish genus in the family Cyprinidae. Its species are widely distributed throughout eastern Africa and especially southern Africa, but also in Lake Tana in Ethiopia. A common name, in particular for the s ...

''. Because of the improved

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knowledge which indicates ''Barbus'' was highly

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in its wide circumscription –, ''Carasobarbus'' and some other closely related "barbs" (e.g. '' "Barbus" reinii'') may be included in ''Labeobarbus'' to avoid a profusion of very small genera.de Graaf ''et al.'' (2007)

Species

Carasobarbus chantrei - ZooKeys-339-001-g011

Carasobarbus sublimus - ZooKeys-339-001-g027

''Carasobarbus'' contains the 10 species: * ''

Carasobarbus apoensis The Arabian himri (''Carasobarbus apoensis'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Carasobarbus''. It is endemic to Saudi Arabia in wadis in the Hijaz Mountains The Hijaz Mountains ( ar, جِبَال ٱلْحِجَاز, Jibāl al-� ...

'' ( Banister & M. A. Clarke, 1977) (Arabian himri) * ''

Carasobarbus canis The Jordan himri (''Carasobarbus canis'') is a ray-finned fish species in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in Israel, Jordan, and Syria. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater lakes. It is not considered a threatened species Thre ...

'' (

Valenciennes Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France. It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a ...

, 1842) (Jordan himri) * ''

Carasobarbus chantrei The Orontes himri (''Carasobarbus chantrei'') is a ray-finned fish species in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in Syria and Turkey. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater lakes. It is threatened by habitat loss. Endangerment According ...

'' ( Sauvage, 1882) (Orontes himri) * ''

Carasobarbus exulatus The Hadramaut himri (''Carasobarbus exulatus'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Carasobarbus'', it is endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, na ...

'' ( Banister & M. A. Clarke, 1977) (Hadramaut himri) * ''

Carasobarbus fritschii ''Carasobarbus fritschii'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found only in the upper parts of the rivers of Morocco. Its natural habitat is river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwate ...

'' Günther, 1874 * ''

Carasobarbus harterti ''Carasobarbus harterti'' is a ray-finned fish species in the family Cyprinidae. It is found only in Morocco. Its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reducti ...

'' Günther, 1901 * '' Carasobarbus kosswigi'' Ladiges, 1960 (Kisslip himri) * '' Carasobarbus luteus'' ( Heckel, 1843) (Mesopotamian himri) * '' Carasobarbus moulouyensis'' ( Pellegrin, 1924) * '' Carasobarbus sublimus'' Coad & Najafpour, 1997

Footnotes

References

* (2007): Evolutionary origin of Lake Tana's (Ethiopia) small ''Barbus'' species: indications of rapid ecological divergence and speciation. '' Anim. Biol.'' 57(1): 39–48. (HTML abstract) Cyprinid fish of Asia Cyprinidae genera {{Barbinae-stub