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Flying Barbs
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Flying Barbs

Esomus

Esomus, or flying barbs, is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Danionidae. It is the only genus in the monotypic subfamily Esominae. The fishes in this genus are found in South and Mainland Southeast Asia. They are distinctive for their extremely long barbels.

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9 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 9 known species

Striped Flying Barb

speciesEsomus metallicus

Indian Flying Barb

speciesEsomus danrica

Esomus caudiocellatus

speciesEsomus caudiocellatus

South Indian Flying Barb

speciesEsomus thermoicos

Esomus altus

speciesEsomus altus

Esomus malayensis

speciesEsomus malayensis

Burmese Flying Barb

speciesEsomus ahli

Esomus longimanus

speciesEsomus longimanus

Esomus bengalensis

speciesEsomus bengalensis

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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 88256.