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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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again. They all seem to be close relatives – perhaps the closest living relatives – of
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are not included in the Cyprininae –, as they seem to be as distinct from barbels and
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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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Lorenzoni, Carosi, Quadroni, De Santis, Vanetti, Delmastro & Zaccara, 2021
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Skelton, P. H., Swartz, E. R., & Vreven, E. J. (2018). The identity of
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Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History)
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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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Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 96: 187–194.
503:are highly similar and might better be included in 289:barbs are also often eaten in their native range. 1544: 1249: 1195:Banister, K.E. (1973): A revision of the large 483:is likely to be restricted to the group around 1255: 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 1189: 308: 1169: 47: 31: 1165:https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.902.39606 582:entirely, instead of being split between 1233: 1211: 253: 1545: 1281: 1280: 491:species commonly known as "barbels". 1517:A247C93C-FFC2-A309-C1A4-FB62FA06F8D1 1413:7cce67a4-233c-4595-b98a-7c06b29894a6 1145:https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2018.410 13: 14: 1569: 1262:. order of the Trustees. p.  1086: 67: 1205: 1149: 1133: 487:– the large European to 1: 1126: 544:– in particular if the 234:is the namesake genus of the 7: 1243:in the Danube River basin. 1114: 258:Their common names – 10: 1574: 593: 316:has a long history as a " 242:is better included in the 1289: 169: 162: 64:Scientific classification 62: 55: 46: 39: 30: 23: 1215:; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). 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 1540: 1539: 1486:Open Tree of Life 1283:Taxon identifiers 1099: 1080: 1066: 1055: 1054:Stephanidis, 1971 1044: 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: 784: 770: 757: 749:Barbus cyclolepis 743: 729: 718: 703: 690: 676: 658: 644: 625: 605:Barbus balcanicus 509:Aulopyge huegelii 497:and particularly 318:wastebasket taxon 188: 187: 158: 1565: 1533: 1532: 1520: 1519: 1507: 1506: 1494: 1493: 1481: 1480: 1468: 1467: 1465:NHMSYS0000544620 1455: 1454: 1442: 1441: 1429: 1428: 1416: 1415: 1403: 1402: 1390: 1389: 1377: 1376: 1364: 1363: 1351: 1350: 1338: 1337: 1325: 1324: 1323: 1310: 1309: 1308: 1278: 1277: 1271: 1270: 1253: 1247: 1237: 1231: 1230: 1209: 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 1020: 1010: 996: 983: 975:(Italian barbel) 972: 961: 950: 937: 929:(Marmara barbel) 923: 901: 892:De Filippi, 1863 891: 877: 867: 853: 842: 828: 825:Barbus kubanicus 817: 803: 793: 779: 765: 752: 738: 727: 712: 698: 685: 667: 664:Barbus biharicus 653: 634: 608: 423:Mesopotamichthys 156: 72: 71: 51: 35: 21: 20: 1573: 1572: 1568: 1567: 1566: 1564: 1563: 1562: 1543: 1542: 1541: 1536: 1528: 1523: 1515: 1510: 1502: 1497: 1489: 1484: 1476: 1471: 1463: 1458: 1450: 1445: 1437: 1432: 1424: 1419: 1411: 1406: 1398: 1393: 1385: 1380: 1372: 1367: 1359: 1354: 1346: 1341: 1333: 1328: 1319: 1318: 1313: 1304: 1303: 1298: 1285: 1275: 1274: 1254: 1250: 1238: 1234: 1210: 1206: 1194: 1190: 1174: 1170: 1154: 1150: 1141:Barbus capensis 1138: 1134: 1129: 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 184: 175: 172:Cyprinus barbus 155: 66: 57:Barbus plebejus 17: 16:Genus of fishes 12: 11: 5: 1571: 1561: 1560: 1555: 1538: 1537: 1535: 1534: 1521: 1508: 1495: 1482: 1469: 1456: 1443: 1430: 1417: 1404: 1395:Fauna Europaea 1391: 1378: 1365: 1352: 1339: 1326: 1311: 1295: 1293: 1287: 1286: 1273: 1272: 1248: 1232: 1213:Froese, Rainer 1204: 1188: 1168: 1148: 1131: 1130: 1128: 1125: 1124: 1123: 1116: 1113: 1088: 1087:Fossil species 1085: 1083: 1082: 1068: 1067:(Horse barbel) 1057: 1046: 1035: 1024: 1013: 1003: 989: 976: 965: 958:Barbus petenyi 954: 943: 930: 916: 915:(Simav barbel) 894: 884: 870: 860: 850:Barbus lorteti 846: 839:Barbus lacerta 835: 834:(Kuban barbel) 821: 820:(Karun barbel) 810: 796: 786: 772: 758: 745: 744:(Terek barbel) 731: 720: 719:(Yliki barbel) 705: 704:(brook barbel) 695:Barbus caninus 691: 678: 660: 646: 627: 600: 595: 592: 578:and belong in 310: 307: 255: 252: 226:and now named 186: 185: 176: 167: 166: 160: 159: 148: 144: 143: 138: 134: 133: 128: 124: 123: 118: 114: 113: 111:Actinopterygii 108: 104: 103: 98: 94: 93: 88: 84: 83: 78: 74: 73: 60: 59: 53: 52: 44: 43: 37: 36: 28: 27: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 1570: 1559: 1556: 1554: 1551: 1550: 1548: 1531: 1526: 1522: 1518: 1513: 1509: 1505: 1500: 1496: 1492: 1487: 1483: 1479: 1474: 1470: 1466: 1461: 1457: 1453: 1448: 1444: 1440: 1435: 1431: 1427: 1422: 1418: 1414: 1409: 1405: 1401: 1396: 1392: 1388: 1383: 1379: 1375: 1370: 1366: 1362: 1357: 1353: 1349: 1344: 1340: 1336: 1331: 1327: 1322: 1316: 1312: 1307: 1301: 1297: 1296: 1294: 1292: 1288: 1284: 1279: 1269: 1265: 1261: 1260: 1252: 1246: 1242: 1236: 1228: 1227: 1222: 1220: 1214: 1208: 1202: 1198: 1192: 1186: 1185:0-7858-0867-1 1182: 1178: 1172: 1166: 1162: 1158: 1152: 1146: 1142: 1136: 1132: 1122: 1119: 1118: 1112: 1110: 1106: 1103: 1098:Günther, 1876 1096: 1095: 1078: 1074: 1073: 1069: 1063: 1062: 1058: 1052: 1051: 1047: 1043:Kessler, 1877 1041: 1040: 1036: 1030: 1029: 1025: 1019: 1018: 1014: 1009: 1008: 1004: 999: 995: 994: 993:Barbus rebeli 990: 986: 985:S. L. Karaman 982: 981: 977: 971: 970: 966: 960: 959: 955: 949: 948: 944: 940: 936: 935: 931: 926: 922: 921: 917: 912: 908: 904: 900: 899: 895: 890: 889: 885: 880: 876: 875: 871: 866: 865: 861: 856: 852: 851: 847: 841: 840: 836: 831: 827: 826: 822: 816: 815: 811: 806: 802: 801: 797: 792: 791: 790:Barbus fucini 787: 785:(Evia barbel) 782: 778: 777: 773: 771:(Kura barbel) 768: 764: 763: 759: 755: 751: 750: 746: 741: 737: 736: 732: 726: 725: 721: 716: 711: 710: 706: 701: 697: 696: 692: 688: 684: 683: 679: 674: 670: 666: 665: 661: 656: 652: 651: 647: 642: 638: 633: 632: 631:Barbus barbus 628: 623: 619: 615: 614:Tsigenopoulos 611: 607: 606: 602: 601: 599: 591: 589: 585: 581: 577: 573: 572: 567: 563: 559: 555: 551: 550:typical carps 547: 543: 538: 536: 532: 531: 526: 522: 521: 516: 515: 510: 506: 502: 501: 500:Messinobarbus 496: 495: 490: 489:Ponto-Caspian 486: 482: 478: 474: 470: 466: 462: 457: 455: 454: 449: 448: 443: 442: 437: 436: 431: 430: 425: 424: 419: 418: 413: 412: 407: 406: 401: 400: 395: 394: 393:Hypselobarbus 389: 388: 383: 382: 377: 376: 371: 370: 365: 364: 359: 358: 353: 352: 347: 346: 341: 340: 335: 334: 329: 328: 323: 319: 315: 306: 304: 303: 299: 295: 290: 288: 284: 280: 275: 273: 269: 268: 263: 262: 251: 249: 245: 241: 237: 233: 229: 228:Barbus barbus 225: 221: 220:common barbel 217: 213: 209: 206: 202: 198: 194: 193: 183: 179: 174: 173: 168: 165: 161: 154: 153: 149: 146: 145: 142: 139: 136: 135: 132: 129: 126: 125: 122: 121:Cypriniformes 119: 116: 115: 112: 109: 106: 105: 102: 99: 96: 95: 92: 89: 86: 85: 82: 79: 76: 75: 70: 65: 61: 58: 54: 50: 45: 42: 41:Barbus barbus 38: 34: 29: 26: 22: 19: 1290: 1267: 1258: 1251: 1244: 1240: 1235: 1224: 1218: 1207: 1200: 1196: 1191: 1176: 1171: 1161:E. akakianus 1160: 1156: 1151: 1140: 1135: 1105:Sipang Fauna 1092: 1090: 1070: 1059: 1048: 1037: 1026: 1015: 1005: 991: 978: 967: 962:Heckel, 1852 956: 945: 939:Valenciennes 932: 918: 896: 886: 872: 862: 848: 843:Heckel, 1843 837: 823: 812: 800:Barbus haasi 798: 788: 774: 760: 747: 733: 722: 707: 693: 680: 662: 650:Barbus bergi 648: 629: 603: 597: 587: 584:Pseudobarbus 583: 580:Pseudobarbus 579: 576:monophyletic 571:Pseudobarbus 569: 558:paraphyletic 539: 534: 528: 527:barbs (e.g. 518: 514:Carasobarbus 512: 508: 504: 498: 492: 484: 480: 477:paraphyletic 460: 458: 451: 447:Puntioplites 445: 441:Pseudobarbus 439: 433: 427: 421: 415: 409: 403: 397: 391: 385: 381:Clypeobarbus 379: 375:Carasobarbus 373: 367: 361: 355: 349: 343: 337: 331: 325: 313: 312: 300: 291: 286: 276: 265: 259: 257: 247: 231: 227: 223: 215: 212:type species 191: 190: 189: 170: 164:Type species 157:Daudin, 1805 151: 150: 56: 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 369:Capoeta 302:Puntius 272:barbels 267:barbels 218:is the 203:in the 147:Genus: 117:Order: 107:Class: 1553:Barbus 1530:154291 1491:257936 1452:163618 1400:304389 1387:1BARUG 1335:Barbus 1321:Barbus 1291:Barbus 1241:Barbus 1219:Barbus 1197:Barbus 1183:  1079:, 1970 1000:, 1926 998:Koller 987:, 1924 941:, 1842 927:, 1941 913:, 2009 909:& 881:, 1827 857:, 1882 832:, 1913 807:, 1925 783:, 1950 769:, 1865 756:, 1837 754:Heckel 742:, 1877 715:Bianco 702:, 1839 689:, 1862 673:László 657:, 1935 624:, 2002 620:& 610:Kotlík 588:Barbus 554:garras 505:Barbus 481:Barbus 469:Europe 465:Africa 461:Barbus 459:Thus, 314:Barbus 287:Barbus 279:fished 248:Barbus 232:Barbus 216:Barbus 210:. 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Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Cypriniformes
Cyprinidae
Barbinae
Barbus
Type species
Cyprinus barbus
Linnaeus
1758
genus
ray-finned fish
family
Cyprinidae
type species
common barbel
subfamily
taxon
Cyprininae
barbs
barbels
barbels
fished
roe

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