Barilius

Barilius is a large genus of cyprinid freshwater fishes native to Asia. Four species in this genus have been described since 2012.[1]

Barilius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Danioninae
Genus: Barilius
F. Hamilton, 1822
Type species
Cyprinus barila
F. Hamilton, 1822
Synonyms

Bendilisis Bleeker, 1860
Chedrus Swainson, 1839
Pachystomus Heckel, 1843
Pelotrophus Günther, 1864
Pteropsarion Günther, 1868
Sagittabarilius Fowler, 1936
Schacra Günther, 1868
Shacra Bleeker, 1860

Species

There are currently 31 recognized species in this genus:[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Barilius in FishBase. March 2019 version.
  2. Knight, J.D.M., Rai, A., D’Souza, R.K.P. & Vijaykrishnan, B. (2015): Barilius ardens (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), a new species from the Western Ghats, India, with redescription of B. malabaricus and B. canarensis. Zootaxa, 3926 (3): 396–412.
  3. Dishma, M. & Vishwanath, W. (2012): Barilius profundus, a new cyprinid fish (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Koladyne basin, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 4 (2): 2363–2369.
  4. Tejavej, A. (2012): Barilius signicaudus, a new species of cyprinid fish from Maeklong Basin, western Thailand (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae). Zootaxa, 3586: 138–147.


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