Hemibarbus

Hemibarbus
Barbel steed (Hemibarbus labeo)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Gobionidae
Genus:	Hemibarbus Bleeker, 1860 [1]
Type species
Gobio barbus Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 [1]
Synonyms [1]
Gobiobarbus Dybowski, 1869

Hemibarbus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Gobionidae, the gudgeons. ^[1] The fishies in thuis genus are found in eastern Asia.

Species

Hemibarbus contains the following valid species: ^[2]

• Hemibarbus brevipennus P. Q. Yue, 1995
• Hemibarbus labeo (Pallas, 1776) (Barbel steed)
• Hemibarbus longirostris (Regan 1908)
• Hemibarbus macracanthus Y. L. Lu, P. Q. Luo & Yi-Yu Chen, 1977
• Hemibarbus maculatus Bleeker, 1871 (Spotted steed)
• Hemibarbus medius P. Q. Yue, 1995
• Hemibarbus mylodon (Berg 1907)
• Hemibarbus qianjiangensis T. Yu, 1990
• Hemibarbus songloensis V. H. Nguyễn, 2002
• Hemibarbus thacmoensis V. H. Nguyễn, 2002
• Hemibarbus umbrifer (S.-Y. Lin 1931)

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Gobionidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 24 February 2025.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Hemibarbus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 24 February 2025.

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Hemibarbus". FishBase . August 2011 version.