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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).
42 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 42 known species
Common Barbel
speciesBarbus barbus
Italian Barbel
speciesBarbus plebejus
Southern Barbel
speciesBarbus meridionalis
Brook barbel
speciesBarbus caninus
Danube Barbel
speciesBarbus balcanicus
Horse Barbel
speciesBarbus tyberinus
Iberian redfin barbel
speciesBarbus haasi
Terek barbel
speciesBarbus ciscaucasicus
Carpathian barbel
speciesBarbus carpathicus
Strumica Barbel
speciesBarbus strumicae
Romanian barbel
speciesBarbus petenyi
Barbus fucini
speciesBarbus fucini
Peloponnese Barbel
speciesBarbus peloponnesius
Sperchios Barbel
speciesBarbus sperchiensis
Crimean barbel
speciesBarbus tauricus
Thracian Barbel
speciesBarbus cyclolepis
Macedonian Barbel
speciesBarbus macedonicus
Lizard Barbel
speciesBarbus lacerta
Barbus samniticus
speciesBarbus samniticus
Prespa Barbel
speciesBarbus prespensis
Kura Barbel
speciesBarbus cyri
Western Balkan Barbel
speciesBarbus rebeli
Rioni barbel
speciesBarbus rionicus
Dnieper barbel
speciesBarbus borysthenicus
Evia barbel
speciesBarbus euboicus
Kuban barbel
speciesBarbus kubanicus
Vistula barbel
speciesBarbus waleckii
Anatolian Barbel
speciesBarbus pergamonensis
Ankara barbel
speciesBarbus escherichii
Karun barbel
speciesBarbus karunensis
Barbus miliaris
speciesBarbus miliaris
Thessalian barbel
speciesBarbus thessalus
Van barbel
speciesBarbus ercisianus
Barbus anatolicus
speciesBarbus anatolicus
Barbus xanthos
speciesBarbus xanthos
Barbus oscensis
speciesBarbus oscensis
Barbus ida
speciesBarbus ida
Marmara Barbel
speciesBarbus oligolepis
Biharian barbel
speciesBarbus biharicus
Bulgarian Barbel
speciesBarbus bergi
Simav barbel
speciesBarbus niluferensis
Nematonostoc flagelliforme
speciesNematonostoc flagelliforme
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49620.