Barbus

See also: barbus

Translingual

Barbus plebejus

Etymology

From Latin barbus.

Proper noun

Barbus m

(formerly) A taxonomic genus within the family Barbidae – many fish resembling barbs and barbels, now being assigned to genera, mostly in Barbinae, especially Puntius.
A taxonomic genus within the family Cyprinidae – typical barbs and barbels.

Hypernyms

(genus): Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Osteichthyes - superclass; Actinopterygii - class; Neopterygii - subclass; Teleostei - infraclass; Ostariophysi - superorder; Cypriniformes - order; Cyprinoidea - superfamily; Cyprinidae - family; Barbinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

(former genus in Barbidae): Search World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) for "Barbus"
(genus in Cyprinidae): See Barbus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies or Barbus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Coordinate terms

(genus in Barbinae): Acrossocheilus*, Barbodes, Caecobarbus, Capoeta, Carasobarbus, Catla, Catlocarpio, Dawkinsia, Haludaria, Iranocypris, Labeobarbus, Luciobarbus, Pethia, Phreatichthys, Pseudobarbus, Puntius*, Rohtee, Schizopyge, Sinocyclocheilus*, Systomus, Tor, Typhlogarra, Varicorhinus - genera (genera marked with * included species formerly in Barbus)

Further reading

Barbus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Barbus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Barbus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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