Mackerel is a common name applied to a number of different species of pelagic fish, mostly from the family Scombridae. They are found in both temperate and tropical seas, mostly living along the coast or offshore in the oceanic environment.
The greenstripe barb, silver barb or striped barb is a tropical freshwater and brackish ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the family which includes the carps, barbs and related fishes. This species is found in South Asia. It is the only species in the monospecific genus Bhava.
The Namaquab barb is a species of cyprinid fish. It is the only species in the genus Namaquacypris.
Luciobarbus labiosa is a species inquirenda of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae.
Oreichthys cosuatis is a small cyprinid fish found in India and Bangladesh.In India it is found along the ganga and brahmaputra river drainage in the states of West bengal and odisha It is also reported from Thailand and Myanmar.
Oreichthys crenuchoides is a small cyprinid found in Assam, India. It is imported for the aquarium trade under the name neon highfin barb or high-fin variable barb. It is an atypical Oreichthys in that the face is more rounded than in O. cosuatis and other Oreichthys species.
Oreichthys is a genus of tropical barbs found in Thailand, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar (Burma), northern Malay Peninsula, and the Mekong basin in Laos. They are found in ditches, ponds, streams and canals. The genus Oreichthys was originally established to receive little fish collected in a small brook on Kao Sabap, an extensive mountain range near Chantaban, Thailand.
Cilus is a monospecific genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the croakers and drums. Its only species is Cilus gilberti, the corvina or corvina drum, which is found mostly tropical to temperate coastal waters of the southeastern Pacific along Central and South America. The corvina is highly prized in South America as a food fish.
The Channa barb is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the family which includes the carps, barbs and related fishes. It is the only species in the monospecific genus Eechathalakenda, although this species was formerly placed in the genus Puntius. This species is endemic to the Western Ghats in southern India.
Clypeobarbus matthesi s a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the family which includes the carps, barbs and related fishes. This species is found in the basin of the Congo River.
Clypeobarbus pleuropholis is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the family which includes the carps, barbs and related fishes. This species is found in the Chad Basin in Chad and Cameroon, as well as the Congo Basin in Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic. This species, as Barbus kemoensis, is the type species of the genus Clypeobarbus.
Oreichthys parvus is a small cyprinid fish found in southeastern Thailand, northern Malay Peninsula and Mekong basin in Laos and Thailand.
Haludaria afasciata, the plain melon barb, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the family which includes the carps, barbs and related fishes. This species is endemic to India where it is known only from one locality near the city of Nagercoil in the southern Tamil Nadu. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature classifies this species as Endangered, being threatened by sand extraction, deforestation, pollution from agricultural runoff and factories, as well as the invasives, Mozambique tilapia and the weed Pontederia crassipes.
Oreichthys incognito is a small cyprinid fish often found in the Kunthipuzha River in Kerala.
Schizopygopsis chilianensis is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the family which also includes the carps, barbs, minnowns and related fishes. This fish is endemic to China where it occurs along the northeastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau in Gansu, Nei Mongol, and Qinghai Provinces, in the Hexi River system, occurring along the Shiyang, Ruoshui and Shule Rivers. It is found in mountain streams. This species has a maximum published standard length of 21.3 cm (8.4 in).
Schizopygopsis namensis is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the family which also includes the carps, barbs, minnowns and related fishes. This fish is endemic to China where it is restricted to the Namtso Lake and the streams draining into it, in Tibet. This species has a maximum published standard length of 49.1 cm (19.3 in).
Schizopygopsis potanini is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the family which also includes the carps, barbs, minnowns and related fishes. This fish is endemic to China where it is restricted to Sichuan in the upper reaches of the Minjiang River, a tributary of the Changjiang where it inhabits cool, montaine rivers.
Hampala ampalong is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the family which includes the carps, barbs and related fishes. This species is found in Sumatra and western Borneo, and has a maximum total length of 15.5 centimetres (6.1 in).
Percocypris pingi is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the family which includes the carps, barbs and related fishes. It inhabits Yunnan, China and possibly Laos and Myanmar. It has a maximum length of 44.0 centimetres (17.3 in) and is considered harmless to humans. It is used for food both locally and nationally.
