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Barbus

Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae

Taxonomy
Barbus was named by Cuvier and Cloquet (1816). It is extant.

It was assigned to Cyprinidae by Woodward (1901), Mors et al. (2000) and Argyriou (2022).

Species
B. altianalis, B. barbus, B. bynni
Species lacking formal opinion data
B. bocagei, B. boragei, B. canis, B. vulgaris

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Barbus Cuvier and Cloquet
1901Barbus Woodward p. 301
2000Barbus Mors et al. p. 151
2022Barbus Argyriou p. 105

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
RankNameAuthor
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Osteoglossocephalai
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Otomorpha
—Ostariophysi(Jordan and Evermann 1896)
—Otophysa
superorderCyprinae
orderCypriniformesBleeker 1859
familyCyprinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusBarbusCuvier and Cloquet 1816

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Barbus Cuvier and Cloquet 1816
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Barbus altianalis Boulenger 1900 [ripon barbel]
Barbus barbus Linnaeus 1758
Barbus bynni Forsskål 1775 [binny]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:40:14
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:32:02
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Holocene or 33.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 28.1 Ma

Collections (62 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Romania B. sp. (50344)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Turkey B. sp. (123307)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Greece (Lesvos) B. sp. (186558)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Uganda B. sp. (22457)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) B. linchuensis, B. scotti (41810)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Saudi Arabia B. sp. (47026)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) B. sp. B (134954 135038)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany B. sp. (46955)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Austria B. sp. (174065 174066)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Bavaria) B. sp. B (205187)
MN 5 - MN 615.97 - 12.75Bosnia and Herzegovina B. sp. (211309)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Tunisia (Gafsa) B. sp. (35279)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Slovakia (Bratislava) B. sp. (161996)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Turkey (Yalova) B. sp. (184470)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Germany (Bavaria) B. sp. (206345)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Uganda B. sp. (22345)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Turkey B. sp. (234457)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Spain (Granada) B. bocagei (35255 35256)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Spain (Granada) B. bocagei (35259)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Kenya B. sp. (22235 22239)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa B. sp. (22207)
Pliocene - Holocene5.333 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa B. sp. (22205 22206)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Egypt B. sp. (22592)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Ethiopia B. sp. (21546)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Kenya B. sp. (21436 21485)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya B. sp. (21398 21418 21451 21461 21486 21504)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Kenya B. sp. (21367 21370 21421 21442 21462 21495 21498)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Egypt B. bynni (21888 21899) B. sp. (21901 21906)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Spain (Andalucia) B. boragei (36760)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Egypt (Kom Ombo Plain) B. bynni (22544)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa B. sp. (22098 22103)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya B. sp. (21368 21443)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Norfolk) B. vulgaris (49816)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom B. barbus (34981)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Syria B. canis (34105)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Hungary (Barany) Agamidae indet. (197461)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa B. bynni (22065) B. sp., B. bynni, B. altianalis (22066)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa B. sp. (22068)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kenya B. sp. (22310)