Sucker barb
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Labeoninae |
| Genus: | Barbichthys Bleeker, 1860 |
| Species: | B. laevis
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| Barbichthys laevis (Valenciennes, 1842)
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The sucker barb (Barbichthys laevis) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the carps, barbs, minnows and related fishes.[2] It is the only species in the monospecific genus Barbichthys.[3] This species is found in southeast Asia where it occurs in Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia, in Java, Sumatra and Kalimantan.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Lumbantobing, D.; Huckstorf, V. & Freyhof, J. (2020). "Barbichthys laevis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T181277A1716358. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T181277A1716358.en. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Barbichthys laevis". FishBase. October 2024 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Barbichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
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