''Hypsibarbus'' is a genus of
cyprinid
Cyprinidae is a Family (biology), family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family, including the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives the barb (fish), barbs and barbel (fish), barbels, among others. Cyprinidae is the ...
fish that is found in freshwater in
Mainland Southeast Asia
Mainland Southeast Asia (historically known as Indochina and the Indochinese Peninsula) is the continental portion of Southeast Asia. It lies east of the Indian subcontinent and south of Mainland China and is bordered by the Indian Ocean to th ...
, including the
Thai-Malay Peninsula.
Species
''Hypsibarbus'' contains the following extant species:
* ''
Hypsibarbus birtwistlei''
( Herre, 1940)
* ''
Hypsibarbus huguenini''
( Bleeker, 1853)
* ''
Hypsibarbus lagleri''
Rainboth, 1996
* ''
Hypsibarbus malcolmi''
( H. M. Smith 1945) (Goldfin tinfoil barb)
* ''
Hypsibarbus myitkyinae''
( Prashad & Mukerji, 1929)
* ''
Hypsibarbus oatesii''
( Boulenger, 1893)
* ''
Hypsibarbus pierrei''
( Sauvage, 1880)
* ''
Hypsibarbus salweenensis''
Rainboth, 1996
* ''
Hypsibarbus suvattii''
Rainboth, 1996
* ''
Hypsibarbus vernayi''
( Norman, 1925)
* ''
Hypsibarbus wetmorei''
(H. M. Smith, 1931)
The following extinct
Miocene
The Miocene ( ) is the first epoch (geology), geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words (', "less") and (', "new") and mea ...
species has been classified within this genus:
* ''
Hypsibarbus antiquus''
Roberts & Jumnongthai, 1999
References
*
Cyprininae
Taxa named by Walter John Rainboth
Cyprinid fish of Asia
Cyprinidae genera
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