Leptobarbus
| Leptobarbus | |
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| Leptobarbus rubripinna | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Leptobarbinae |
| Genus: | Leptobarbus Bleeker, 1860 |
| Type species | |
| Barbus hoevenii Bleeker, 1851 | |
| Species | |
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5, see text. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Leptobarbus is a genus of cyprinid fish that are native to freshwater habitats in Southeast Asia. They are important food fish.[1] It is the only genus in the subfamily Leptobarbinae.
Species
- Leptobarbus hoevenii (Bleeker, 1851) (Hoven's carp, Mad barb, Sudan fish)
- Leptobarbus hosii (Regan, 1906)
- Leptobarbus melanopterus M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916
- Leptobarbus melanotaenia Boulenger, 1894
- Leptobarbus rubripinna (Fowler, 1937)
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Leptobarbus in FishBase. August 2011 version.
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