Barbodes

Barbodes
Barbodes montanoi from the Philippines
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Barbodes
Bleeker, 1859
Type species
Barbodes maculatus
Synonyms
  • Cephalakompsus Herre, 1924
  • Mandibularca Herre, 1924
  • Ospatulus Herre, 1924
  • Spratellicypris Herre, 1924

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 (Lake Lanao) are already extinct. A survey carried out in 1992 only found three of the endemic Barbodes species,[1] and only two (Barbodes lindog and B. tumba) were found in 2008.[2] Several members of this genus were formerly included in Puntius.[3]

  1. ^ Endangered Species Handbook: It's Too Late – Fish Extinctions. Retrieved 29 September 2012
  2. ^ Ismail, Gladys B.; Sampson, David B.; Noakes, David L. G. (2013). "The status of Lake Lanao endemic cyprinids (Puntius species) and their conservation". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 97 (4): 425–434. doi:10.1007/s10641-013-0163-1.
  3. ^ Kottelat, M. (2013). "The fishes of the inland waters of southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibliography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Supplement. 27: 1–663. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 2, 2013. Retrieved July 8, 2021.