Barbonymus

Taxobox
name = Barb

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = Tinfoil Barb, "Barbonymus schwanenfeldii"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Cypriniformes
familia = Cyprinidae
genus = "Barbonymus"
genus_authority = Kottelat, 1999
type_species = "Barbus schwanenfeldii"
type_species_authority = Bleeker, 1853
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Barbonymus altus" (Red tailed tinfoil barb)
"Barbonymus gonionotus" (Java barb)
"Barbonymus schwanenfeldii" (Tinfoil barb)

"Barbonymus" is a genus of fish in the Cyprinidae family, containing some barb species. The genus is relatively new, with many of its members reclassified from the "Barbus" and "Barbodes" genera. The type species is the tinfoil barb ("Barbus schwanenfeldii", now called "Barbonymus schwanenfeldii").

References

*FishBase genus | genus = Barbonymus | year = 2006 | month = February