Barbodes


Barbodes is a genus of small to medium-sized cyprinid fish native to tropical Asia. The majority of the species are from Southeast Asia. Many species are threatened and some from the Philippines are already extinct. A survey carried out in 1992 only found three of the endemic Barbodes species, and only two were found in 2008. Several members of this genus were formerly included in Puntius.

Etymology

The name is derived from the Latin word barbus, meaning "barbel", and the Greek word oides, meaning "similar to".
Image:Puntius semifasciolatus.jpg|thumb|right|Chinese barb, Barbodes semifasciolatus''

Species

There are currently 48 recognized species in this genus, of which 15 are considered extinct and 2 considered possibly extinct:Barbodes amarus Herre, 1924 Barbodes aurotaeniatus Barbodes banksi Barbodes baoulan Herre, 1926Barbodes binotatus Barbodes bovanicus Barbodes bunau Barbodes cataractae Barbodes clemensi Herre, 1924Barbodes disa Herre, 1924Barbodes dorsimaculatus Barbodes dunckeri .Barbodes everetti Barbodes flavifuscus Herre. 1924 Barbodes hemictenus D. S. Jordan & R. E. Richardson, 1908Barbodes herrei Barbodes ivis Barbodes joaquinae Barbodes katolo Herre, 1924Barbodes klapanunggalensis Wibowo, 2025Barbodes kuchingensis Barbodes lanaoensis Herre, 1924Barbodes lindog Herre, 1924 Barbodes manalak Herre, 1924 Barbodes manguaoensis Barbodes microps Barbodes montanoi Barbodes pachycheilus Barbodes palaemophagus Barbodes palata Herre, 1924Barbodes palavanensis Barbodes paucimaculatus Barbodes polylepis J. X. Chen & D. J. Li, 1988Barbodes pyrpholeos H. H. Tan & Husana, 2021Barbodes quinquemaculatus Barbodes resinus Barbodes rhombeus Barbodes sealei Herre, 1933Barbodes sellifer Barbodes semifasciolatus Barbodes sirang Herre, 1932 Barbodes tras Herre, 1926Barbodes truncatulus Barbodes tumba Herre, 1924Barbodes umalii Barbodes xouthos Barbodes zakariaismaili Kottelat & K. K. P. Lim, 2021
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Note on species list: Kottelat 2013 states that B. dorsimaculatus may not be referable to this genus and considers it to be species inquirenda. He also implies that Barbodes should be restricted to Southeast Asian and Philippine endemics and that the following species from eastern and southern Asia may not be referable to this genus: B. bovanicus, B. carnaticus, B. elongatus, B. polylepis and B. wynaadensis. Because these species fall outside of the geographic area of his paper, their position in Cyprinidae is not addressed.