Barbus Cuvier and Cloquet 1816 (carp-like fish)

Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae

Parent taxon: Cyprinidae according to T. Argyriou 2022

See also Mors et al. 2000 and Woodward 1901

Sister taxa: Acheilognathinae, Acrocheilus, Alisodon, Amblypharyngodon, Amyzon, Aspius, Barbinae, Cultrinae, Cyprininae, Cyprinion, Cyprinus, Danioninae, Ecocarpia, Esox destructus, Gila, Gobio, Gobioninae, Hexapsephus, Idadon, Iquius, Labeoninae, Lavinia, Leuciscinae, Leuciscus, Mylocyprinus, Nemachilus, Opsariichthyinae, Orthodon, Palaeoleuciscus, Palaeotinca, Phoxininae, Planktophaga, Protothymallus, Ptychocheilus, Puntius, Rhodeus, Siphateles, Squaliobarbinae, Thynichthys, Tinca, Tincinae, Xenocyprinae

Subtaxa: Barbus altianalis Barbus barbus Barbus bynni

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Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (5 collections), Egypt (5), Hungary (1), Kenya (16), Spain (1), Syria (1), the United Kingdom (2)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (1)

• Pliocene to Holocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (2)

• Pliocene of Egypt (1), Ethiopia (1), Kenya (4), Spain (3), Turkey (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Uganda (2)

• Miocene of Austria (2), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), China (1), Germany (5), Greece (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Slovakia (1), Tunisia (1), Turkey (2)

• Oligocene of Romania (1)

Total: 62 collections including 65 occurrences

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