Sucker barb | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Genus: | Barbichthys Bleeker, 1860 |
Species: | B. laevis
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Binomial name | |
Barbichthys laevis (Valenciennes, 1842)
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The sucker barb (Barbichthys laevis) is a species of cyprinid found in Southeast Asia.[2] It is the only recognized member of its genus. In Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia, it was named Bentulu or Batu Hulu.
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ Huckstorf, V.; Freyhof, J. (2011). "Barbichthys laevis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T181277A7665778. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T181277A7665778.en.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Barbichthys laevis" in FishBase. August 2011 version.