Flying barb
| Flying barbs | |
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| Esomus metallicus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Danioninae |
| Genus: | Esomus Swainson, 1839 |
| Type species | |
| Esomus vittatus Swainson, 1839 | |
| Species[1] | |
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The flying barbs are freshwater fish in the genus Esomus. They are closely related to the genus Danio and are distinctive for their extremely long barbels.
Species
- Esomus ahli Hora & Mukerji, 1928 (Burmese flying barb)
- Esomus altus (Blyth, 1860)
- Esomus barbatus (Jerdon, 1849) (South Indian flying barb)
- Esomus caudiocellatus C. G. E. Ahl, 1923
- Esomus danrica (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Indian flying barb)
- Esomus lineatus C. G. E. Ahl, 1923 (Striped flying barb)
- Esomus longimanus (Lunel, 1881) (Mekong flying barb)
- Esomus malabaricus F. Day, 1867
- Esomus malayensis C. G. E. Ahl, 1923 (Malayan flying barb)
- Esomus manipurensis Tilak & Jain, 1990
- Esomus metallicus C. G. E. Ahl, 1923
- Esomus thermoicos (Valenciennes, 1842)
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Esomus in FishBase. August 2011 version.
- ↑ "Esomus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2007-07-09.
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