''Barilius'' is a
genus
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of freshwater
ray-finned fishes belonging to the
family
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Danionidae
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, the danios or danionins. The fishes in this genus are found in
Asia
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. Four
species
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in this genus have been
described since 2012, although three have since been reallocated to ''
Opsarius'', which was formerly a group within this genus before elevation to full genus.
Species
These are the currently recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Barilius barila''
( F. Hamilton, 1822)
* ''
Barilius evezardi''
Day
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, 1872
* ''
Barilius mesopotamicus''
L. S. Berg, 1932
* ''
Barilius modestus''
Day, 1872
* ''
Barilius naseeri''
Mirza, Rafiq & F. A. Awan, 1986
* ''
Barilius pakistanicus''
Mirza & Sadiq, 1978
* ''
Barilius shariensis''
Fowler, 1949
* ''
Barilius torsai''
Kumari, Munivenkatappa, Sinha
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, Borah & Das, 2019
* ''
Barilius vagra''
(Hamilton, 1822)
References
Chedrinae
Taxa named by Francis Buchanan-Hamilton
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