''Barbodes palavanensis'' is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish from the

carp Carp are various species of oily freshwater fish from the family Cyprinidae, a very large group of fish native to Europe and Asia. While carp is consumed in many parts of the world, they are generally considered an invasive species in parts of ...

and minnow family,

Cyprinidae Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest verte ...

which is found in the Philippines. It has been considered to be conspecific with the widespread

spotted barb ''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 ...

(''Barbodes bipunctatus'') which is found throughout mainland south-east Asia and the

Malay Archipelago The Malay Archipelago (Indonesian/Malay: , tgl, Kapuluang Malay) is the archipelago between mainland Indochina and Australia. It has also been called the " Malay world," "Nusantara", "East Indies", Indo-Australian Archipelago, Spices Archipe ...

. It was recorded as being abundant in two streams on the island of Palawan, alongside the newly described endemic goby, '' Stiphodon palavanensis'' and the cyprinid '' Rasbora everetti''.

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palavanensis Freshwater fish of the Philippines Endemic fauna of the Philippines Fish described in 1855 {{Cyprininae-stub