Barbus

The status, affinity, scope or nomenclature of this taxon is disputed.

Please see discussion on the talk page.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyprinoidei
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Cypriniformes Subordo: Cyprinoidei

Familia: Cyprinidae
Subfamilia: Barbinae
Genus: Barbus

Barbus senso stricto is only valid for some European tetraploid species and some species of the Maghreb and North-East Africa (Doadrio, 1990, Berrebi, 1998, Berrebi et. al., 1996).

Barbus sensu stricto:
B. albanicus – B. anatolicus – B. balcanicus – B. barbulus – B. barbus – B. biharicus – B. callensis – B. caninus – B. carpathicus – B. carottae – B. ciscaucasicus – B. cyclolepis – B. euboicus – B. haasi – B. issenensis – B. goktschaicus – B. ksibi – B. lacerta – B. lepineyi – B. longiceps – B. lorteti – B. macedonicus – B. magniatlantis – B. massaensis – B. meridionalis – B. moulouyensis – B. nasus – B. niluferensis – B. pallaryi – B. peloponnesius – B. petenyi – B. plebejus – B. prespensis – B. subquincunciatus – B. tauricus – B. tyberinus

Barbus sensu lato, probably all of these species need to be placed in different genera:

Species: B. ablabes – B. aboinensis – B. acuticeps – B. afrohamiltoni – B. afrovernayi – B. aliciae – B. alluaudi – B. aloyi – B. altianalis – B. altidorsalis – B. alvarezi – B. amanpoae – B. amatolicus – B. amboseli – B. andrewi – B. anema – B. annectens – B. anniae – B. anoplus – B. ansorgii – B. antinorii – B. apleurogramma – B. arabicus – B. arambourgi – B. arcislongae – B. argenteus – B. aspilus – B. atakorensis – B. atkinsoni – B. atromaculatus – B. bagbwensis – B. barnardi – B. barotseensis – B. baudoni – B. bawkuensis – B. bergi – B. bifrenatus – B. bigornei – B. boboi – B. borysthenicus – B. bourdariei – B. brachygramma – B. brazzai – B. breviceps – B. brevidorsalis – B. brevilateralis – B. brevipinnis – B. brichardi – B. bynni – B. cadenati – B. callipterus – B. camptacanthus – B. candens – B. carcharhinoides – B. carens – B. castrasibutum – B. catenarius – B. caudosignatus – B. cercops – B. chicapaensis – B. chiumbeensis – B. chlorotaenia – B. choloensis – B. citrinus – B. claudinae – B. clauseni – B. collarti – B. condei – B. crocodilensis – B. dartevellei – B. deguidei – B. deserti – B. devosi – B. dialonensis – B. diamouanganai – B. ditinensis – B. dorsolineatus – B. eburneensis – B. elephantis – B. ensis – B. erythrozonus – B. ethiopicus – B. eurystomus – B. eutaenia – B. evansi – B. fasciolatus – B. fasolt – B. figuiguensis – B. foutensis – B. fritschii – B. gananensis – B. gestetneri – B. girardi – B. greenwoodi – B. gruveli – B. grypus – B. guildi – B. guineensis – B. guirali – B. gulielmi – B. gurneyi – B. haasianus – B. harterti – B. holotaenia – B. hondeensis – B. huguenyi – B. huloti – B. hulstaerti – B. humeralis – B. humilis – B. inaequalis – B. innocens – B. iturii – B. jacksoni – B. jae – B. janssensi – B. jubbi – B. kamolondoensis – B. kerstenii – B. kessleri – B. kissiensis – B. kubanicus – B. kuiluensis – B. labiosa – B. lagensis – B. lamani – B. laticeps – B. lauzannei – B. leonensis – B. leptopogon – B. liberiensis – B. lineomaculatus – B. longifilis – B. lornae – B. loveridgii – B. luapulae – B. lufukiensis – B. luikae – B. lujae – B. lukindae – B. lukusiensis – B. luluae – B. machadoi – B. macinensis – B. macroceps – B. macrolepis – B. macrops – B. macrotaenia – B. magdalenae – B. manicensis – B. mariae – B. marmoratus – B. martorelli – B. matthesi – B. mattozi – B. mawambi – B. mawambiensis – B. mediosquamatus – B. melanotaenia – B. microbarbis – B. microterolepis – B. mimus – B. miolepis – B. mirabilis – B. mocoensis – B. mohasicus – B. motebensis – B. multilineatus – B. musumbi – B. myersi – B. nanningsi – B. neefi – B. neglectus – B. neumayeri – B. nigeriensis – B. nigrifilis – B. nigroluteus – B. niokoloensis – B. nounensis – B. nyanzae – B. oligogrammus – B. oligolepis – B. olivaceus – B. owenae – B. oxyrhynchus – B. pagenstecheri – B. pallidus – B. paludinosus – B. papilio – B. parablabes – B. parajae – B. parawaldroni – B. paucisquamatus – B. paytonii – B. pellegrini – B. pergamonensis – B. perince – B. petchkovskyi – B. petitjeani – B. platyrhinus – B. pleurogramma – B. pobeguini – B. poechii – B. prionacanthus – B. profundus – B. pseudotoppini – B. pumilus – B. punctitaeniatus – B. pygmaeus – B. quadrilineatus – B. quadripunctatus – B. radiatus – B. raimbaulti – B. rapax – B. rebeli – B. reinii – B. rhinophorus – B. rohani – B. rosae – B. roussellei – B. rouxi – B. ruasae – B. rubrostigma – B. sacratus – B. salessei – B. salmo – B. sensitivus – B. serengetiensis – B. serra – B. setivimensis – B. sexradiatus – B. seymouri – B. somereni – B. sperchiensis – B. stanleyi – B. stappersii – B. stauchi – B. stigmasemion – B. stigmatopygus – B. strumicae – B. subinensis – B. sublineatus – B. sylvaticus – B. syntrechalepis – B. taeniopleura – B. taeniurus – B. tanapelagius – B. tangandensis – B. tegulifer – B. tetraspilus – B. tetrastigma – B. teugelsi – B. thamalakanensis – B. thessalus – B. thysi – B. tiekoroi – B. tomiensis – B. tongaensis – B. toppini – B. trachypterus – B. traorei – B. treurensis – B. trimaculatus – B. trinotatus – B. trispiloides – B. trispilomimus – B. trispilopleura – B. trispilos – B. tropidolepis – B. turkanae – B. unitaeniatus – B. urostigma – B. urotaenia – B. usambarae – B. vanderysti – B. venustus – B. viktorianus – B. viviparus – B. waleckii – B. walkeri – B. wellmani – B. wurtzi – B. yeiensis – B. yongei – B. zalbiensis – B. zanzibaricus

Name

Barbus Daudin, 1805

References

Berrebi, P. 1998. Genetic divergence among morphotypes of Lake Tana (Ethiopia) barbs. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 64: 369–384. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.1998.tb00338.x . Reference page.
Berrebi, P., Kottelat, M., Skelton, P. & Rab, P. 1996. Systematics of Barbus: State of the art and heuristic comments. Folia Zoologica 45: 5–12. Reference page.
Doadrio, I. 1990. Phylogenetic relationships and classification of western palearctic species of the genus Barbus (Osteichthyes, Cyprinidae). Aquatic Living Resources 3(4): 265–282. DOI: 10.1051/alr:1990028 . Reference page.

Additional references

Bamba, M., Vreven, E.J. & Snoeks, J. 2011. Description of Barbus teugelsi sp. nov. (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from the Little Scarcies basin in Guinea, Africa. Zootaxa 2998(1): 48–65. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2998.1.4 Reference page.
Turan, D., Kaya, C., Geiger, M. & Freyhof, J. 2018. Barbus anatolicus, a new barbel from the Kızılırmak and Yeşilırmak River drainages in northern Anatolia (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Zootaxa 4461(4): 539–557. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4461.4.5 Reference page.
Turan, D., Kottelat, M. & Güler Ekmekçi, F. 2009. Barbus niluferensis, a new species of barbel (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from Nilüfer River, Turkey, with re-description of B. oligolepis. Zootaxa 1981(1): 15–28. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1981.1.2 . Reference page.

Vernacular names

català: Barb
Deutsch: Barben
English: Barbs
հայերեն: Բեղլու
македонски: Мрена
українська: Марена

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