Barb (fish)
Group of fishes
A barb is one of various ray-finned fish species in a non-phylogenetic group, with members in the family Cyprinidae, and especially the genera Barbus and Puntius, but many others also. They were formerly united with the barbels in the subfamily Barbinae but that group is paraphyletic with the Cyprininae. If the Labeoninae are recognized as distinct, many small African "barbs" would probably, however, warrant recognition as a new subfamily.
The root of the word "barb" is common in cyprinid names of European languages, from the Latin barba ("beard") (COD):
- barb from Catalan
- barbi from Finnish
- barbo from Spanish
- barbeau from French
- barbo from Italian
- barbe from German
and many others. This is in reference to the barbels which are prominently seen around the mouth of many "barbs".
01Genera
Genera that contain species with common names including "barb":
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Sources and credits
This article is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Barb (fish)”, written by its contributors and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Fathomly has changed the layout, removed citation markers, navigation and maintenance notices, and adjusted punctuation. This adapted version is shared under the same license. For references, see the original article.
Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- Barbus Puntius ticto.JPG by Tocekas, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Barbus haasi 01 by-dpc.jpg by David Perez, CC BY 3.0
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