Barilius
Appearance
Barilius | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Danioninae |
Genus: | Barilius F. Hamilton, 1822 |
Type species | |
Cyprinus barila F. Hamilton, 1822
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Synonyms | |
Bendilisis Bleeker, 1860 |
Barilius is a large genus of cyprinid freshwater fishes native to Asia. Four species 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
[edit]There are currently 12 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Barilius barila (F. Hamilton, 1822)
- Barilius borneensis T. R. Roberts, 1989
- Barilius caudiocellatus X. L. Chu, 1984
- Barilius evezardi F. Day, 1872
- Barilius huahinensis Fowler, 1934 (possibly junior synonym of Opsarius koratensis)
- Barilius mesopotamicus L. S. Berg, 1932
- Barilius modestus F. Day, 1872
- Barilius naseeri Mirza, Rafiq & F. A. Awan, 1986
- Barilius pakistanicus Mirza & Sadiq, 1978
- Barilius ponticulus (H. M. Smith, 1945)
- Barilius torsai Kumari, Munivenkatappa, Sinha, Borah & Das, 2019
- Barilius vagra (F. Hamilton, 1822)
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Barilius". FishBase. October 2024 version.