''Barbodes'' is a genus of small to medium-sized

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native to tropical Asia. The majority of the species are from

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. Many species are threatened and some from the

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(

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) are already

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. A survey carried out in 1992 only found three of the endemic ''Barbodes'' species,Endangered Species Handbook:
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Barbodes lindog ''Barbodes lindog'', known locally as the lindog, is a possibly extinct species of cyprinid fish endemic to Lake Lanao in Mindanao, the Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, a ...

'' and '' B. tumba'') were found in 2008. Several members of this genus were formerly included in ''

Puntius ''Puntius'' is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae native to South Asia and Mainland Southeast Asia, as well as Taiwan. Many species formerly placed in ''Puntius'' have been moved to other genera such as ''Barbodes'', '' D ...

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Etymology

The name is derived from the

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word ''barbus'', meaning "barbel", and the

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Species

There are currently 48 recognized species in this genus, of which 15 are considered extinct and 2 considered possibly extinct: * ''

Barbodes amarus ''Barbodes amarus'', known as the pait locally, was a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Lake Lanao in Mindanao, the Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic countr ...

'' Herre, 1924 (Pait) * ''

Barbodes aurotaeniatus ''Barbodes aurotaeniatus'' is a species of cyprinid fish native to the Mekong River and Chao Phraya River as well as smaller coastal drainage systems that flow into the Gulf of Thailand The Gulf of Thailand (), historically known as the Gulf of ...

'' ( Tirant, 1885) * ''

Barbodes banksi ''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 carr ...

'' (Herre, 1940) * ''

Barbodes baoulan ''Barbodes baoulan'',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, Supplem ...

'' Herre, 1926 * ''

Barbodes binotatus ''Barbodes binotatus'', commonly known as the spotted barb or common barb, is a tropical species of cyprinid fish endemic to Java, Indonesia. Description Its color in life varies from a silvery gray to greenish gray, darker dorsally and paler o ...

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, 1842) (Spotted barb) * ''

Barbodes bovanicus ''Barbodes bovanicus'', the Bowany barb, is a species of cyprinid fish native to the Cauvery River system in India. Its range is presently restricted to a single reservoir behind the Mettur Dam in Tamil Nadu. This species can reach a length of ...

'' (

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1877) (Bowany barb) * ''

Barbodes bunau ''Barbodes bunau''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 N ...

'' ( Rachmatika, 2005) * ''

Barbodes cataractae ''Barbodes cataractae'' is a species of cyprinid endemic to the Philippines where it is known from the Cascade River and the brackish waters of Murcielagos Bay in Mindanao Mindanao ( ) is the List of islands of the Philippines, second-lar ...

'' ( Fowler, 1934) * ''

Barbodes clemensi ''Barbodes clemensi'' is an extinct species of cyprinid endemic to Lake Lanao in Mindanao, the Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. L ...

'' Herre, 1924 * '' Barbodes disa'' Herre, 1924 * ''

Barbodes dorsimaculatus ''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 carr ...

'' ( C. G. E. Ahl, 1923) (Blackline barb) (''

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'') * '' Barbodes dunckeri'' (C. G. E. Ahl, 1929) (Bigspot barb). * '' Barbodes everetti'' ( Boulenger, 1894) (Clown barb) * '' Barbodes flavifuscus'' Herre. 1924 (Katapa-tapa) * '' Barbodes hemictenus''

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& R. E. Richardson, 1908 * '' Barbodes herrei'' (Fowler, 1934) * '' Barbodes ivis'' ( Seale, 1910) * '' Barbodes joaquinae'' ( C. E. Wood, 1968) * '' Barbodes katolo'' Herre, 1924 * '' Barbodes klapanunggalensis'' Wibowo, 2025 * '' Barbodes kuchingensis'' (Herre, 1940) * '' Barbodes lanaoensis'' Herre, 1924 * ''

'' Herre, 1924 (Lindog) (possibly extinct) * '' Barbodes manalak'' Herre, 1924 (Manalak) * '' Barbodes manguaoensis'' ( A. L. Day, 1914) * ''

Barbodes microps ''Barbodes microps'' is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Compr ...

'' ( Günther, 1868) * ''

Barbodes montanoi ''Barbodes montanoi'' is a species of cyprinid fish endemism, endemic to the island of Mindanao, the Philippines. It is commonly known as pait, pait-pait, or paitan, along with other native ''Barbodes'' species. This species can reach a length of ...

'' ( Sauvage, 1881) * '' Barbodes pachycheilus'' (Herre, 1924) * '' Barbodes palaemophagus'' (Herre, 1924) * ''

Barbodes palata ''Barbodes palata'' is an extinct species of cyprinid fish endemic to Lake Lanao, Mindanao, the Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. L ...

'' Herre, 1924 * '' Barbodes palavanensis'' (Boulenger, 1895) * '' Barbodes paucimaculatus'' ( Y. H. Wang & Y. Ni, 1982) * '' Barbodes polylepis'' J. X. Chen & D. J. Li, 1988 * '' Barbodes pyrpholeos'' H. H. Tan & Husana, 2021 * '' Barbodes quinquemaculatus'' ( Seale & B. A. Bean, 1907) * '' Barbodes resinus'' (Herre, 1924) * ''

Barbodes rhombeus ''Barbodes rhombeus'' is a species of cyprinid fish native to the Southeast Asian countries of Cambodia, Laos and Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a c ...

'' ( Kottelat, 2000) * '' Barbodes sealei'' Herre, 1933 * ''

Barbodes sellifer ''Barbodes sellifer'', the saddled barb, is a species of cyprinid fish described in 2021. This species has not been reported sold in the aquarium trade, but where the species is present reports of them being kept by aquarists are abundant. Previ ...

'' (Kottelat & K. K. P. Lim, 2021) * '' Barbodes semifasciolatus'' (Günther, 1868) (Chinese barb) * '' Barbodes sirang'' Herre, 1932 (Sirang) (possibly extinct) * '' Barbodes tras'' Herre, 1926 * '' Barbodes truncatulus'' (Herre 1924) * ''

Barbodes tumba ''Barbodes tumba'' is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Mindanao, Philippines where it is found in Lake Lanao Lake Lanao ( Maranao: ''Ranao'' or ''Ranaw'') is a large ancient lake in the province of Lanao del Sur, Philippines. With a su ...

'' Herre, 1924 * '' Barbodes umalii'' (C. E. Wood, 1968) * '' Barbodes xouthos'' (Kottelat & H. H. Tan, 2011) * ''

Barbodes zakariaismaili ''Barbodes zakariaismaili'', or Zakaria's barb, is a newly described species of cyprinid fish as of 2021. The species is native to Malaysia, where it is found in foothills and lowland streams with clear water in the southern Malay Peninsula. The ...

'' Kottelat & K. K. P. Lim, 2021 = extinct

Note on species list: Kottelat 2013 states that ''B. dorsimaculatus'' may not be referable to this genus and considers it to be ''

''. He also implies that ''Barbodes'' should be restricted to

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and

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and that the following species from eastern and southern Asia may not be referable to this genus: ''B. bovanicus'', ''B. carnaticus'', ''B. elongatus'', ''B. polylepis'' and ''B. wynaadensis''. Because these species fall outside of the geographic area of his paper, their position in Cyprinidae is not addressed.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q145349 Smiliogastrinae Cyprinidae genera Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker