Barilius

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Barilius
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Domain: Eukaryota
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

BendilisisBleeker, 1860
ChedrusSwainson, 1839
PachystomusHeckel, 1843
PelotrophusGünther, 1864
PteropsarionGünther, 1868
SagittabariliusFowler, 1936
SchacraGünther, 1868
ShacraBleeker, 1860

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

Species

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

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References

  1. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Barilius in FishBase . March 2019 version.
  2. 1 2 3 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. Archived 2012-11-01 at the Wayback Machine 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.