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Antal, L., László, B., Kotlík, P., Mozsár, A., Czeglédi, I., Oldal, M., Kemenesi, G., Jakab, F. & Nagy, S.A. (2015): Phylogenetic evidence for a new species of
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Smith, 1841 and the generic status of southern
African tetraploid cyprinids (Teleostei, Cyprinidae). European Journal of Taxonomy, (410).
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The small barbs from Africa, by contrast, are quite distinct. They might even warrant establishment of a new
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fish. Some are quite significant, but as a whole, the genus is not yet as well represented in aquaria as the
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and might even be included therein. In particular, the group called "redfins" may well be
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is for the time being restricted to typical barbels, and only contains fishes from
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on their mouths, which they can use to search for food at the bottom of the water.
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Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the
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for food; in some locations they are of commercial significance. The
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are probably closely related to this group, too, and some large
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Englmaier GK, Tesfaye G, Bogutskaya NG (2020) A new species of
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group largely restricted to southern Africa is very close to
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at least for the largest part (including the type species of
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There are currently 36 recognized species of this genus:
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503:are highly similar and might better be included in
289:barbs are also often eaten in their native range.
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1195:Banister, K.E. (1973): A revision of the large
483:is likely to be restricted to the group around
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1201:Bulletin of the British Museum, 26 (1): 3-148.
728:Kotlík, Tsigenopoulos, Ráb & Berrebi, 2002
320:". Historically, most fish commonly known as "
292:The smaller barbs are in some cases traded as
238:Barbinae, but given their relationships, that
1179:. Chartwell Books, Edison, New Jersey, USA.
818:Khaefi, Esmaeili, Geiger & Eagderi, 2017
285:of barbels is poisonous, however. The large
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1165:https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.902.39606
582:entirely, instead of being split between
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491:species commonly known as "barbels".
1517:A247C93C-FFC2-A309-C1A4-FB62FA06F8D1
1413:7cce67a4-233c-4595-b98a-7c06b29894a6
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234:is the namesake genus of the
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258:Their common names –
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316:has a long history as a "
242:is better included in the
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1177:Freshwater Aquarium Fish
1163:. ZooKeys 902: 107-150.
552:, as these are from the
309:Systematics and taxonomy
1256:Woodward, A.S. (1901).
1002:(Western Balkan barbel)
1175:Lambert, D.J. (1997):
883:(Mediterranean barbel)
471:, as well as adjacent
1499:Paleobiology Database
533:) may well belong in
222:, first described as
1408:Fauna Europaea (new)
1268:barbus megacephalus.
1229:. July 2024 version.
1100:) is known from the
947:Barbus pergamonensis
934:Barbus peloponnesius
735:Barbus ciscaucasicus
682:Barbus borysthenicus
254:Description and uses
1094:Barbus megacephalus
1056:(Thessalian barbel)
1032:S. L. Karaman, 1955
1017:Barbus sperchiensis
951:M. S. Karaman, 1971
898:Barbus niluferensis
874:Barbus meridionalis
868:S. L. Karaman, 1928
809:(Catalonian barbel)
730:(Carpathian barbel)
1217:"Species in genus
1091:A fossil species (
1023:(Sperchios barbel)
953:(Anatolian barbel)
864:Barbus macedonicus
724:Barbus carpathicus
677:(Biharian barbel)
675:& Kotlík, 2016
659:(Bulgarian barbel)
277:Barbels are often
1558:Cyprinidae genera
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1099:
1080:
1066:
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1054:Stephanidis, 1971
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1034:(Strumica barbel)
1033:
1022:
1021:Stephanidis, 1950
1012:
1007:Barbus samniticus
1001:
988:
980:Barbus prespensis
974:
964:(Romanian barbel)
963:
952:
942:
928:
920:Barbus oligolepis
914:
893:
882:
869:
859:(Lortet's barbel)
858:
844:
833:
819:
814:Barbus karunensis
808:
795:
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770:
757:
749:Barbus cyclolepis
743:
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718:
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605:Barbus balcanicus
509:Aulopyge huegelii
497:and particularly
318:wastebasket taxon
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1203:
1193:
1187:
1173:
1167:
1153:
1147:
1137:
1097:
1081:(Vistula barbel)
1075:
1064:
1061:Barbus tyberinus
1053:
1050:Barbus thessalus
1045:(Crimean barbel)
1042:
1031:
1028:Barbus strumicae
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996:
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975:(Italian barbel)
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929:(Marmara barbel)
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892:De Filippi, 1863
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825:Barbus kubanicus
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664:Barbus biharicus
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423:Mesopotamichthys
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1141:Barbus capensis
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1117:
1089:
1084:
1072:Barbus waleckii
1065:Bonaparte, 1839
1039:Barbus tauricus
973:Bonaparte, 1839
969:Barbus plebejus
888:Barbus miliaris
845:(lizard barbel)
776:Barbus euboicus
709:Barbus carottae
645:(Common barbel)
626:(Danube barbel)
596:
311:
298:Southeast Asian
256:
224:Cyprinus barbus
201:ray-finned fish
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172:Cyprinus barbus
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57:Barbus plebejus
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1067:(Horse barbel)
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958:Barbus petenyi
954:
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915:(Simav barbel)
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850:Barbus lorteti
846:
839:Barbus lacerta
835:
834:(Kuban barbel)
821:
820:(Karun barbel)
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744:(Terek barbel)
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719:(Yliki barbel)
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704:(brook barbel)
695:Barbus caninus
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785:(Evia barbel)
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220:common barbel
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1161:E. akakianus
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1105:Sipang Fauna
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962:Heckel, 1852
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939:Valenciennes
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843:Heckel, 1843
837:
823:
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800:Barbus haasi
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650:Barbus bergi
648:
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584:Pseudobarbus
583:
580:Pseudobarbus
579:
576:monophyletic
571:Pseudobarbus
569:
558:paraphyletic
539:
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527:barbs (e.g.
518:
514:Carasobarbus
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441:Pseudobarbus
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164:Type species
157:Daudin, 1805
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40:
24:
18:
1434:iNaturalist
1315:Wikispecies
794:Costa, 1853
781:Stephanidis
762:Barbus cyri
535:Labeobarbus
520:Labeobarbus
494:Luciobarbus
429:Poropuntius
417:Luciobarbus
411:Leptobarbus
405:Labeobarbus
399:Hypsibarbus
363:Caecobarbus
333:Barbichthys
327:Arabibarbus
137:Subfamily:
1547:Categories
1157:Enteromius
1127:References
830:L. S. Berg
767:De Filippi
566:tetraploid
546:Labeoninae
387:Enteromius
351:Barbonymus
244:Cyprininae
208:Cyprinidae
131:Cyprinidae
1121:Danionins
1109:Indonesia
1102:Paleogene
925:Battalgil
700:Bonaparte
655:Chichkoff
542:subfamily
530:L. reinii
525:hexaploid
485:B. barbus
435:Probarbus
357:Barbopsis
345:Barboides
236:subfamily
87:Kingdom:
81:Eukaryota
1374:46581712
1300:Wikidata
1226:FishBase
1115:See also
907:Kottelat
879:A. Risso
687:Dybowski
637:Linnaeus
339:Barbodes
294:aquarium
178:Linnaeus
141:Barbinae
127:Family:
101:Chordata
97:Phylum:
91:Animalia
77:Domain:
1426:5201936
1306:Q133326
911:Ekmekçi
855:Sauvage
805:Mertens
740:Kessler
717:, 1998)
622:Berrebi
594:Species
562:diploid
453:Puntius
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