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Tinfoil Barbs
Barbonymus
Barbonymus is a ray-finned fish genus in the family Cyprinidae, containing some barb species. The genus was only established in 1999, with the tinfoil barb (B. schwanenfeldii) as type species; thus, these fish are sometimes collectively called tinfoils. The new genus was established in recognition of the fact that some large Asian "barbs", formerly rather indiscriminately lumped in Barbus (typical barbels and relatives), Barbodes (barb-like carps) and Puntius (spotted barbs), form a distinct evolutionary lineage.
10 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 10 known species
Java Barb
speciesBarbonymus gonionotus
Tinfoil Barb
speciesBarbonymus schwanefeldii
Red-tailed Tinfoil Barb
speciesBarbonymus altus
Barbonymus collingwoodii
speciesBarbonymus collingwoodii
Barbonymus balleroides
speciesBarbonymus balleroides
Barbonymus mahakkamensis
speciesBarbonymus mahakkamensis
Barbonymus strigatus
speciesBarbonymus strigatus
Barbonymus belinka
speciesBarbonymus belinka
Barbonymus sunieri
speciesBarbonymus sunieri
Barbonymus platysoma
speciesBarbonymus platysoma
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 86847.