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Southern African Barbs
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Southern African Barbs

Enteromius

Enteromius is a genus of small to medium-sized cyprinid fish native to tropical Africa. Most species were placed in the genus Barbus.

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60 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 232 known species

Threespot Barb

speciesEnteromius trimaculatus

Straightfin Barb

speciesEnteromius paludinosus

Orange-fin Barb

speciesEnteromius eutaenia

Enteromius viviparus

speciesEnteromius viviparus

Redspot barb

speciesEnteromius kerstenii

Spotscale barb

speciesEnteromius holotaenia

Hyphen Barb

speciesEnteromius bifrenatus

African Tiger Barb

speciesEnteromius fasciolatus

Sicklefin Barb

speciesEnteromius haasianus

Marico Barb

speciesEnteromius motebensis

Beira Barb

speciesEnteromius radiatus

Longbeard Barb

speciesEnteromius unitaeniatus

Copperstripe Barb

speciesEnteromius multilineatus

Blackstripe Barb

speciesEnteromius macrops

Southern Sidespot Barb

speciesEnteromius niggie

Enteromius brazzai

speciesEnteromius brazzai

Goldie Barb

speciesEnteromius pallidus

Dashtail Barb

speciesEnteromius poechii

Enteromius ablabes

speciesEnteromius ablabes

Line-spotted Barb

speciesEnteromius lineomaculatus

Eastern Chubbyhead Barb

speciesEnteromius mandelai

African Redfinned Barb

speciesEnteromius camptacanthus

Gariep Chubbyhead Barb

speciesEnteromius oraniensis

Neumayer's barb

speciesEnteromius neumayeri

Enteromius foutensis

speciesEnteromius foutensis

East African Red-finned Barb

speciesEnteromius apleurogramma

Enteromius crocodilensis

speciesEnteromius crocodilensis

Spottail Barb

speciesEnteromius afrovernayi

Enteromius toppini

speciesEnteromius toppini

Blackback Barb

speciesEnteromius barnardi

Enteromius trispilomimus

speciesEnteromius trispilomimus

Enteromius pobeguini

speciesEnteromius pobeguini

Broad-striped Barb

speciesEnteromius annectens

Enteromius guirali

speciesEnteromius guirali

Enteromius jacksoni

speciesEnteromius jacksoni

Northern Sidespot Barb

speciesEnteromius neefi

Dwarf Barb

speciesEnteromius brevidorsalis

Chubbyhead Barb

speciesEnteromius anoplus

Zigzag barb

speciesEnteromius miolepis

Redtail Barb

speciesEnteromius gurneyi

Papermouth

speciesEnteromius mattozi

Thamalakane barb

speciesEnteromius thamalakanensis

Olifants Chubbyhead Barb

speciesEnteromius cernuus

Shortfin Barb

speciesEnteromius brevipinnis

Enteromius bigornei

speciesEnteromius bigornei

Jae Barb

speciesEnteromius jae

Hamilton's Barb

speciesEnteromius afrohamiltoni

Enteromius sublineatus

speciesEnteromius sublineatus

Enteromius punctitaeniatus

speciesEnteromius punctitaeniatus

Enteromius prionacanthus

speciesEnteromius prionacanthus

Enteromius chiumbeensis

speciesEnteromius chiumbeensis

Enteromius martorelli

speciesEnteromius martorelli

Enteromius leonensis

speciesEnteromius leonensis

Enteromius macinensis

speciesEnteromius macinensis

Enteromius tiekoroi

speciesEnteromius tiekoroi

Enteromius walshae

speciesEnteromius walshae

Enteromius atromaculatus

speciesEnteromius atromaculatus

Threespot Barb

speciesEnteromius trispilos

Enteromius liberiensis

speciesEnteromius liberiensis

Enteromius guildi

speciesEnteromius guildi

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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 549549.