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Sucker barb

The sucker barb is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the carps, barbs, minnows and related fishes. It is the only species in the monospecific genus Barbichthys. This species is found in southeast Asia where it occurs in Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia, in Java, Sumatra and Kalimantan.

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Sucker barb
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Labeoninae
Genus: Barbichthys
Bleeker, 1860
Species:
B. laevis
Binomial name
Barbichthys laevis
(Valenciennes, 1842)
Synonyms
  • Barbus laevis Valenciennes, 1842
  • Barbus brachynemus Bleeker, 1849
  • Barbus gobioides Bleeker, 1852
  • Barbichthys nitidus Sauvage, 1878
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The sucker barb (Barbichthys laevis) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the carps, barbs, minnows and related fishes.2 It is the only species in the monospecific genus Barbichthys.3 This species is found in southeast Asia where it occurs in Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia, in Java, Sumatra and Kalimantan.1

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References

  1. Lumbantobing, D.; Huckstorf, V. & Freyhof, J. (2020). "Barbichthys laevis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020 e.T181277A1716358. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T181277A1716358.en. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Barbichthys laevis". FishBase. October 2024 version.
  3. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Barbichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 December 2024.