Barbus steindachneri

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Overview

Vulnerable

Common Names

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Description

Family Cyprinidae

Distribution: North America (northern Canada to southern Mexico), Africa, and Eurasia . Pharynx with 1-3 rows of teeth, each row with a maximum of 8 teeth. Usually thin lips , plicae or papillae absent; mouth sometimes suckerlike (Garra and Labeo). With or without barbels . Premaxilla usually borders the upper jaw making the maxilla entirely or almost entirely excluded from the gape. Usually protrusible upper jaw. Dorsal fin with spinelike rays in some. Primitive number of chromosomes 2n=50, some with 48; polyploidy exists. Maximum length at least 2.5 m to probably 3 m in Catlocarpio siamensis; many species less than 5 cm. Mainly non-guarders, but in some species males build nests and/or protect the eggs .The family Cyprinidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes ) and the Order Cypriniformes. It contains 210 genera and 2010 species. It may be found in Brackish , and Freshwater environments and is primarily Primary freshwater. Many members of this family are used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are nonguarders. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is subcarangiform. Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be normal. Members of this family have been dated back to the Eocene epoch of the Tertiary period. This family may be found from 70° n to 34° s and 150° w to 170° e. Etymology of this family name : Greek, kyprinos = goldfish .

Habitat

Ecology: It is a large size barbel (
List of Habitats :5.1Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls ) 15.1Artificial/Aquatic - Water Storage Areas (over 8ha)

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 02-May-1998.

Similar Species

Members of the genus Barbus

There are approximately 914 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

B. (Labeobarbus) · B. ablabes · B. ablabes spurelli · B. aboinensis · B. acuticeps (Matthes' Barb) · B. acutirostris · B. affinis · B. affinis brevibarbis · B. affinis nedgia · B. afrohamiltoni (Hamilton´s Barb) · B. afrovernayi (Spottail Barb) · B. ahlselli · B. akeleyi · B. albabes · B. albanicus (Albanian Barbel) · B. alberti · B. aliciae · B. alluaudi · B. aloyi · B. altianalis (Ripon Falls Barbel) · B. altianalis altianalis (Ripon Falls Barbel) · B. altianalis eduardianus · B. altianalis labiosa · B. altianalis lobogenysoides · B. altianalis longifilis · B. altianalis paucisquamata · B. altianalis radcliffi · B. altianalis radcliffii (Barbel) · B. altianalis urundensis · B. altianus altianus · B. alticola · B. altidorsalis · B. altus · B. alvarezi · B. amanpoae · B. amatolicus (Amatola Barb) · B. amblycephalus · B. amboseli · B. ampalong · B. amphibius · B. amphigramma · B. anchisporus · B. andrewi (Berg-Breede River Whitefish) · B. anema · B. annectens (Broadstriped Barb) · B. anniae · B. anoplus (Chubbyhead Barb) · B. anoplus oraniensis · B. anoplus typica · B. ansorgii · B. antinorii · B. aphya · B. apleurogramma (East African Red Finned Barb) · B. apoensis · B. apogonostomatus · B. arabicus · B. arambourgi · B. arcislongae · B. arenatus · B. argenteus (Rosefin Barb) · B. armatus · B. armenicus · B. arulius · B. aspilus · B. aspius (Drakensberg Minnow) · B. atakorensis · B. athi · B. atkinsoni (Dash-Dot Barb) · B. atlanticus · B. atromaculatus · B. radiatus subsp. radiatus · Puntius semifasciolatus · B. aurotaeniatus · B. apleurogramma · B. bagbwensis · B. balcanicus · B. balleroides · B. bampurensis · B. banguelensis · B. bantolanensis · Acrossocheilus iridescens · B. barbulus · B. barbus (Barbel) · B. barbus bergi · B. barbus borysthenicus · B. barbus gallicus · B. barbus macedonicus · B. barbus sclateri · B. barbus thessalus · B. barilioides · B. barnardi (Blackback Barb) · B. barotseensis (Barotse Barb) · B. baschakirdi · B. batesii · B. baudoni · B. baudoni ubanguensis · B. bawkuensis · B. bayoni · B. beavani · B. beddomii

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Further Reading

• Almaça, C. and Banarescu, P.M. 2003. Barbus steindachneri Almaça, 1967. In: P.M. Banarescu & N.G. Bogutskaya (eds). The Freshwater Fishes of Europe Aula-Verlag, Wiesbaden, Germany. 5/II: 389–395.
• Doadrio, I. 1988. Sobre la taxonomia de Barbus comiza Steindachner, 1865 (Ostariophysis:Cyprinidae). Donana, Acta Vertebrata 15: 19–28.
• Doadrio, I. 2001. Atlas y libro rojo de los peces continentale de Espana. Madrid MMA, CSIC.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Crivelli, A.J. 2006. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• FishBase 2006.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3865423
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13531482
• IUCN ID: 2590
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3403757

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