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Smiliogastrinae
Smiliogastrinae is a subfamily of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the family which includes the carps, barbs and related fishes. The fishes in this genus are found in Africa and Asia and are commonly referred to as barbs. Genera Smiliogastrinae contains the following genera: * '' Amatolacypris'' Skelton, Swartz & Vreven, 2018 * '' Barbodes'' Bleeker, 1859 * '' Barboides'' Brüning, 1929 * '' Bhava'' Sudasinghe, Rüber & Meegaskumbura, 2023 * '' Caecobarbus'' Boulenger, 1921 * '' Chagunius'' H.M. Smith, 1938 * '' Cheilobarbus'' A. Smith 1841 * '' Clypeobarbus'' Fowler, 1936 * '' Coptostomabarbus'' David & Poll 1937 * '' Dawkinsia'' Pethiyagoda, Meegaskumbura & Maduwage, 2012 * '' Desmopuntius'' Kottelat, 2013 * '' Eechathalakenda'' Menon, 1999 * '' Enteromius'' Cope, 1867 * '' Gymnodiptychus'' Herzenstein, 1892 * ''Haludaria'' Pethiyagoda, 2013 * ''Hampala ''Hampala'' is a genus of freshwater Actinopterygii, ray-finned fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheilobarbus
''Cheilobarbus'', commonly known as sawfins, is a small genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the family which includes the carps, barbs and related fishes. The fishes in this genus are endemic to the Western Cape of South Africa. Taxonomy ''Cheilobarbus'' was first proposed as a taxon, a monotypic subgenus of the genus ''Barbus'', by the Scottish military surgeon and zoologist Andrew Smith in 1841 when he described ''Barbus (Cheilobarbus) capensis'' from the Olifants River on the western coast of South Africa. This genus is included in the subfamily Smiliogastrinae within the family Cyprinidae. Etymology ''Cheilobarbus'' combines ''cheilos'', meaning "lip", with the genus name ''Barbus'', Smith described ''B. capensis'' as having "full and firm" lips. Species ''Cheilobarbus'' contains the following species: * '' Cheilobarbus capensis'' (A. Smith, 1841) (Cape whitefish) * '' Cheilobarbus serra'' ( W. K. H. Peters, 1864) (Sawfin) Both spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenstripe Barb
The greenstripe barb, silver barb or striped barb (''Bhava vittata'') is a tropical freshwater and brackish ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the family which includes the carps, barbs and related fishes. This species is found in South Asia. It is the only species in the monospecific genus ''Bhava''. Taxonomy The greenstripe barb was first formally descripted as ''Puntius vittatus'' in 1865 by the British military surgeon and naturalist Francis Day with its type locality given as Cochin In 2023 Hiranya Sudasinghe, Lukas Rüber and Madhava Meegaskumbura proposed the new monotypic genus, ''Bhava'', for this species. This taxon is classified within the subfamily Smiliogastrinae within the family Cyprinidae. The wide distribution of this taxon may indicate that it is a species complex rather than a single species. Etymology The greenstripe barb is the only member of the genus ''Bhava'', a word on Pali or Sanskrit means "existence or being", an allusion the aut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chagunius
''Chagunius'' is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae. which includes the carps, barbs and related fishes. The fishes in this genus occur in South and Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Mainland Au .... Species There are currently three recognized species in this genus: * '' Chagunius baileyi'' Rainboth, 1986 * '' Chagunius chagunio'' ( F. Hamilton, 1822) (Chaguni) * '' Chagunius nicholsi'' ( G. S. Myers, 1924) References Cyprinidae genera Cyprinid fish of Asia Taxa named by Hugh McCormick Smith Smiliogastrinae {{Cyprininae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyprinidae
Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family, including the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives the barbs and barbels, among others. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family, and the largest vertebrate animal family overall, with about 1,780 species divided into 166 valid genera. Cyprinids range from about in size to the giant barb (''Catlocarpio siamensis''). By genus and species count, the family makes up more than two-thirds of the ostariophysian order Cypriniformes. The family name is derived from the Greek word ( 'carp'). Biology and ecology Cyprinids are stomachless, or ''agastric'', fish with toothless jaws. Even so, food can be effectively chewed by the gill rakers of the specialized last gill bow. These pharyngeal teeth allow the fish to make chewing motions against a chewing plate formed by a bony process of the skull. The pharyngeal teeth are unique to each species and are used to identify spec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clypeobarbus
''Clypeobarbus'' is a genus of small cyprinid fishes native to Africa. Most species are restricted to the Congo River Basin, but ''C. pleuropholis'' is also found in the Chad Basin, while ''C. bellcrossi'' is from the Zambezi and ''C. hypsolepis'' is from rivers in Western Africa. Species There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus: * '' Clypeobarbus bellcrossi'' ( R. A. Jubb, 1965) (Gorgeous barb) * '' Clypeobarbus bomokandi'' ( G. S. Myers, 1924) * '' Clypeobarbus breviclipeus'' Stiassny & Sakharova, 2016 Stiassny, M.L.J. & Sakharova, H. (2016): Review of the smiliogastrin cyprinids of the Kwilu River (Kasai Basin, central Africa), revised diagnosis for ''Clypeobarbus'' (Cyprinidae: Cyprininae: Smiliogastrini) and description of a new species. ''Journal of Fish Biology, 88 (4): 1394-1412.'' * '' Clypeobarbus congicus'' ( Boulenger, 1899) (Congo barb) * '' Clypeobarbus hypsolepis'' ( Daget, 1959) * '' Clypeobarbus matthesi'' (Poll Poll, polled, or polling may refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coptostomabarbus
''Coptostomabarbus'' is a small genus of cyprinid fish containing only two Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...n species. Species * '' Coptostomabarbus bellcrossi'' Poll, 1969 * '' Coptostomabarbus wittei'' L. R. David & Poll, 1937 (Upjaw barb) References * Smiliogastrinae Taxa named by Max Poll Cyprinidae genera Cyprinid fish of Africa {{Cyprinidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barboides
''Barboides'' is a genus of very small ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae from freshwater habitats in West and Middle Africa. Species *'' Barboides britzi'' Conway Conway may refer to: Places United States * Conway, Arkansas * Conway County, Arkansas * Lake Conway, Arkansas * Conway, Florida * Conway, Iowa * Conway, Kansas * Conway, Louisiana * Conway, Massachusetts * Conway, Michigan * Conway Townshi ... & Moritz, 2006 *'' Barboides gracilis'' Brüning, 1929 References * Smiliogastrinae {{Cyprininae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caecobarbus
''Caecobarbus'' is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae. which includes the carps, barbs and related fishes. The only species in the genus is ''Caecobarbus geertsi'', the African blind barb or Congo blind barb (known as ''Nzonzi a mpofo'' in the local Kikongo language, meaning "blind barb"). This threatened cavefish is only known from Democratic Republic of the Congo, George Albert Boulenger described this fish in 1921 and it apparently lacks any close relatives in the Congo region. Despite its common name, "African blind barb", other blind cave cyprinids are indigenous to Africa, notably the Somalian '' Barbopsis devecchi'' and '' Phreatichthys andruzzii''. Range The Congo blind barb is found only in the Thysville Cave system, a part of the lower Congo River basin (notably Kwilu and Inkisi tributaries) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The area where it is found covers about , and is located at an altitude around ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawkinsia
''Dawkinsia'' is a genus of cyprinid fishes from freshwater in South India and Sri Lanka. It was split off (i.e., reclassified) from genus '' Puntius'' in 2012. Etymology ''Dawkinsia'' is named after the evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins in recognition of his "contribution to the public understanding of science, particularly, of evolutionary science". Dawkins describes this as "a great honour". Description Adults typically measure SL. They do not have rostral barbels but might have maxillary barbels. Juveniles have a colour pattern consisting of three black bars on body; this persists to adult stage in some species. Adults have a black, horizontally elongate blotch on the caudal peduncle. Species These are the currently recognized species in this genus: * '' Dawkinsia apsara'' ( Katwate, Marcus Knight, Anoop, Raghavan & Dahanukar, 2020) (mascara barb) * '' Dawkinsia arulius'' ( Jerdon, 1849) (Arulius barb) * '' Dawkinsia assimilis'' (Jerdon, 1849) * '' Dawkinsia aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amatolacypris
The border barb (''Amatolacypris trevelyani'') is a ray-finned fish species in the family Cyprinidae. It is the only species in the genus ''Amatolacypris''. Like ''Pseudobarbus'', it is tetraploid.de Graaf ''et al.'' (2007) It is endemic to South Africa, where it has only been found in the Keiskamma and Buffalo Rivers of Eastern Cape Province, as well as their tributaries Mgqawabe and Yellowwoods Rivers.Cambray (2007) Its natural habitat are pools and riffles over rocky ground, where the freshwater streams it inhabits are clean and run through forests. It feeds chiefly on nymphs of insects, and also on other small aquatic invertebrates, plant seeds and algae. The spawning season is spring to early summer (around October–November). It is classified as Endangered by the IUCN mainly due to its restricted range. Even though it does not seem to decline markedly, its stocks are limited by African catfish (''Clarias gariepinus''), largemouth bass (''Micropterus salmoides''), sma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desmopuntius
''Desmopuntius'' is a genus of small freshwater cyprinids native to Southeast Asia. They were formerly included in '' Puntius''. Etymology The name ''Desmopuntius'' is derived from the Greek language δεσμψτης ("desmotes") meaning 'prisoner' and genus name "''Puntius''", a reference to the striped outfits commonly attributed to prison wear. Species According to FishBase, there are currently seven recognized species in this genus. Another species recognized as '' Systomus endecanalis'' by FishBase is placed in the genus ''Desmopuntius'' by Catalog of Fishes, following a taxonomic review by Maurice Kottelat in 2013.Kottelat, M. (2013)The Fishes of the Inland Waters of Southeast Asia: A Catalogue and Core Bibliography of the Fishes Known to Occur in Freshwaters, Mangroves and Estuaries. ''The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 2013, Supplement No. 27: 1–663.'' * '' Desmopuntius endecanalis'' ( T. R. Roberts, 1989) * '' Desmopuntius foerschi'' ( Kottelat, 1982) * ''Desmopun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbodes
''Barbodes'' is a genus of small to medium-sized cyprinid fish native to tropical Asia. The majority of the species are from Southeast Asia. Many species are threatened and some from the Philippines (Lake Lanao) are already extinct. A survey carried out in 1992 only found three of the endemic ''Barbodes'' species,Endangered Species Handbook: It's Too Late – Fish Extinctions.' Retrieved 29 September 2012 and only two (''Barbodes lindog'' and ''Barbodes tumba, B. tumba'') were found in 2008. Several members of this genus were formerly included in ''Puntius''. Etymology The name is derived from the Latin word ''barbus'', meaning "barbel", and the Greek language, Greek word ''oides'', meaning "similar to". Species There are currently 48 recognized species in this genus, of which 15 are considered extinct and 2 considered possibly extinct: * ''Barbodes amarus'' Albert William Herre, Herre, 1924 (Pait) * ''Barbodes aurotaeniatus'' (Gilbert Tirant, Tirant, 1885) * ''Barbodes banks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
