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Flying Barbs
Esomus
The flying barbs are freshwater fish in the genus Esomus. They are closely related to the Danio genus and are distinctive for their extremely long barbels.
9 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 9 known species

Striped Flying Barb
speciesEsomus metallicus

Indian Flying Barb
speciesEsomus danrica

Esomus caudiocellatus
speciesEsomus caudiocellatus

South Indian Flying Barb
speciesEsomus thermoicos

Esomus altus
speciesEsomus altus

Esomus malayensis
speciesEsomus malayensis

Burmese Flying Barb
speciesEsomus ahli
Esomus longimanus
speciesEsomus longimanus
Esomus bengalensis
speciesEsomus bengalensis
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 88256.