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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 subfamily Barbinae, but given their relationships, that taxon is better included in the Cyprininae at least for the largest part (including the type species of ''Barbus''). Description and uses Their common names – barbs and barbels – refer to the fact that most members of the genera have a pair of barbels on their mouths, which they can use to search for food at the bottom of the water. Barbels are often fished for food; in some locations they are of commercial significance. The roe of barbels is poisonous, however. The large ''Barbus'' barbs are also often eaten in their native range. The smaller barbs are in some cases traded as aquarium fish. Some are quite significant, but as a whole, the genus is not yet as well represented in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Common Barbel
The common barbel (''Barbus barbus'') is a species of freshwater fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae. It shares the common name 'barbel' with its many relatives in the genus ''Barbus'', of which it is the type species. In Great Britain it is usually referred to simply as the barbel; similar names are used elsewhere in Europe, such as ''barbeau'' in France and ''flodbarb'' in Sweden. The name derives from the four whiskerlike structures located at the corners of the fish's mouth, which it uses to locate food. Distribution and habitat ''B. barbus'' is native throughout northern and eastern Europe, ranging north and east from the Pyrénées and Alps to Lithuania, Russia and the northern Black Sea basin. It is an adaptable fish which transplants well between waterways, and has become established as an introduced species in several countries including Scotland, Morocco and Italy. Although barbel are native to eastern flowing rivers in England, they have historically been transloca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbel (fish Species)
Barbels are a group of carp-like freshwater fish, almost all of the genus ''Barbus''. They are usually found in gravel and rocky-bottomed moderate-flowing rivers with high dissolved oxygen content, known as the '' Barbel zone''. A typical adult barbel can range from in length and weigh between and , depending on species. The name barbel derived from the Latin ''barba'', meaning beard, a reference to the two pairs of barbels, a longer pair pointing forwards and slightly down positioned, on the side of the mouth. Fish described as barbels by English-speaking people may not be known as barbels in their native language, although the root of the word may be similar. For instance, the Mediterranean barbel (''Barbus meridionalis'') is known as ''barbeau méridional'' or ''barbeau truité'' in France, but also as ''drogan'', ''durgan'', ''tourgan'', ''turquan'' and ''truitat''. Europe ''Barbus barbus'', is found throughout northern and eastern Europe, ranging north and east from Great B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barb (fish)
A barb is one of various ray-finned fish species in a non-phylogenetic group, with members in the family (biology), family Cyprinidae, and especially the genera ''Barbus'' and ''Puntius'', but many others also. They were formerly united with the barbel (fish), barbels in the subfamily Barbinae but that group is paraphyletic with the Cyprininae. If the Labeoninae are recognized as distinct, many small African "barbs" would probably, however, warrant recognition as a new subfamily. The Root (linguistics), root of the word "barb" is common in cyprinid names of European languages, from the Latin ''barba'' ("beard") (Concise Oxford Dictionary, COD): * ''barb'' from Catalan * ''barbi'' from Finnish * ''barbo'' from Spanish * ''barbeau'' from French * ''barbo'' from Italian and many others. This is in reference to the barbel (anatomy), barbels which are prominently seen around the mouth of many "barbs". Genera Genera that contain species with common names including "barb": * ''Borde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carasobarbus
''Carasobarbus'', the himris, is a small genus of ray-finned fishes in the family Cyprinidae. Its species are found in rivers, streams, lakes and ponds in Western Asia and Northwest Africa. ''C. canis'' can reach in total length, but most other species are up to around half or one-quarter of that size. Like many other "barbs", it was long included in ''Barbus''. It appears to be a fairly close relative of the typical barbels and relatives – the genus ''Barbus'' proper –, but closer still to the large hexaploid species nowadays separated in '' Labeobarbus''. Because of the improved phylogenetic knowledge which indicates ''Barbus'' was highly paraphyletic 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) This genus is now classified in the subfamily Torinae. Species ''Carasobarbus'' contains t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbonymus
''Barbonymus'' is a ray-finned fish genus in the family Cyprinidae, containing some barb species. The genus was only established in 1999, with the tinfoil barb (''B. schwanenfeldii'') as type species; thus, these fish are sometimes collectively called tinfoils. The new genus was established in recognition of the fact that some large Asian "barbs", formerly rather indiscriminately lumped in '' Barbus'' (typical barbels and relatives), '' Barbodes'' (barb-like carps) and '' Puntius'' (spotted barbs), form a distinct evolutionary lineage. They are actually very close relatives of the common carp (''Cyprinus carpio''). Even though only five species are included at present, it is not certain whether these form a monophyletic lineage; the Java barb (''B. gonionotus'') for example seems to be very close indeed to '' Cyclocheilichthys'', which unites a number of barb-like "carps". Past hybridization is known widely in Cyprinidae, and confounds molecular and other cladistic studies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbichthys
The sucker barb (''Barbichthys laevis'') is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the carps, barbs, minnows and related fishes. It is the only species in the monospecific genus ''Barbichthys''. This species is found in southeast Asia where it occurs in Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia, in Java, Sumatra and Kalimantan Kalimantan (; ) is the Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo. It constitutes 73% of the island's area, and consists of the provinces of Central Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, North Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, and West Kalimantan. The non-Ind .... References Labeoninae Cyprinid fish of Asia Fish described in 1842 Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker Taxa named by Achille Valenciennes {{Cyprinidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyprinidae
Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family, including the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives the barbs and barbels, among others. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family, and the largest vertebrate animal family overall, with about 1,780 species divided into 166 valid genera. Cyprinids range from about in size to the giant barb (''Catlocarpio siamensis''). By genus and species count, the family makes up more than two-thirds of the ostariophysian order Cypriniformes. The family name is derived from the Greek word ( 'carp'). Biology and ecology Cyprinids are stomachless, or ''agastric'', fish with toothless jaws. Even so, food can be effectively chewed by the gill rakers of the specialized last gill bow. These pharyngeal teeth allow the fish to make chewing motions against a chewing plate formed by a bony process of the skull. The pharyngeal teeth are unique to each species and are used to identify spec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enteromius
''Enteromius'' is a genus of small to medium-sized cyprinid fish native to tropical Africa. Most species were placed in the genus ''Barbus''. Several species are only known from the type specimens, and their status and continuing existence must be confirmed. As many of these are from Lake Victoria, which underwent massive ecological upheaval after Nile perch The Nile perch (''Lates niloticus''), also known as the African snook, Goliath perch, African barramundi, Goliath barramundi, Giant lates or the Victoria perch, is a species of freshwater fish in family Latidae of order Perciformes. It is wides ... (''Lates nilosus'') were introduced, some of them likely have not survived, either. Species Species in this genus are: References {{Taxonbar, from=Q23072870 Smiliogastrinae Cyprinid fish of Africa Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puntius
''Puntius'' is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae native to South Asia and Mainland Southeast Asia, as well as Taiwan. Many species formerly placed in ''Puntius'' have been moved to other genera such as ''Barbodes'', '' Dawkinsia'', '' Desmopuntius'', ''Haludaria'', '' Oliotius'', '' Pethia'', '' Puntigrus'', '' Sahyadria'' and '' Systomus''.Kottelat, M. (2013)The fishes of the inland waters of southeast Asia: A catalogue and core bibliography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. ''Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 27: 1–663.''Pethiyagoda, R., Meegaskumbura, M. & Maduwage, K. (2012)A synopsis of the South Asian fishes referred to ''Puntius'' (Pisces: Cyprinidae).''Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 23 (1): 69–95.''Raghavan, R., Philip, S., Ali, A. & Dahanukar, N. (2013)''Sahyadria'', a new genus of barbs (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from Western Ghats of India.''Journal of Threatened Taxa, 5 (15): 4932–4938.'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hypselobarbus
''Hypselobarbus'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae endemic to India. Species These are currently recognized species in this genus: * '' Hypselobarbus basavarajai'' Arunachalam, Chinnaraja & Mayden, 2016 * '' Hypselobarbus bicolor'' Knight, A. Rai, D'souza, Philip & Dahanukar, 2016 * '' Hypselobarbus carnaticus'' ( Jerdon, 1849) (Carnatic carp) * '' Hypselobarbus curmuca'' (Hamilton, 1807) (Curmuca barb) * '' Hypselobarbus dobsoni'' (Day, 1876) (Krishna carp) * '' Hypselobarbus dubius'' (Day, 1867) (Nilgiris barb) * '' Hypselobarbus gracilis'' (Jerdon, 1849) * '' Hypselobarbus jerdoni'' (Day, 1870) (Jerdon's carp) * '' Hypselobarbus keralaensis'' Arunachalam, Chinnaraja & Mayden, 2016 * '' Hypselobarbus kolus'' (Sykes, 1839) (Kolus) * '' Hypselobarbus kurali'' Menon & Rema Devi, 1995 * '' Hypselobarbus kushavali'' Arunachalam, Chinnaraja, Sivakumar & Mayden, 2016 * '' Hypselobarbus lithopidos'' (Day, 1874) (Canara barb) * '' Hypselobarbus maciveri'' ( Annandale, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clypeobarbus
''Clypeobarbus'' is a genus of small cyprinid fishes native to Africa. Most species are restricted to the Congo River Basin, but ''C. pleuropholis'' is also found in the Chad Basin, while ''C. bellcrossi'' is from the Zambezi and ''C. hypsolepis'' is from rivers in Western Africa. Species There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus: * '' Clypeobarbus bellcrossi'' ( R. A. Jubb, 1965) (Gorgeous barb) * '' Clypeobarbus bomokandi'' ( G. S. Myers, 1924) * '' Clypeobarbus breviclipeus'' Stiassny & Sakharova, 2016 Stiassny, M.L.J. & Sakharova, H. (2016): Review of the smiliogastrin cyprinids of the Kwilu River (Kasai Basin, central Africa), revised diagnosis for ''Clypeobarbus'' (Cyprinidae: Cyprininae: Smiliogastrini) and description of a new species. ''Journal of Fish Biology, 88 (4): 1394-1412.'' * '' Clypeobarbus congicus'' ( Boulenger, 1899) (Congo barb) * '' Clypeobarbus hypsolepis'' ( Daget, 1959) * '' Clypeobarbus matthesi'' (Poll Poll, polled, or polling may refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
