Flying barb
The flying barbs are freshwater fish in the genus Esomus, native to South and Mainland Southeast Asia. They are closely related to the genus Danio and are distinctive for their extremely long barbels.
| Flying barbs | |
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| Esomus metallicus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Danioninae |
| Genus: | Esomus Swainson, 1839 |
| Type species | |
| Esomus vittatus Swainson, 1839 | |
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Species
- Esomus ahli Hora & Mukerji, 1928 (Burmese flying barb)
- Esomus altus (Blyth, 1860)
- Esomus barbatus (Jerdon, 1849) (South Indian flying barb)
- Esomus caudiocellatus C. G. E. Ahl, 1923
- Esomus danrica (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Indian flying barb)
- Esomus lineatus C. G. E. Ahl, 1923 (Striped flying barb)
- Esomus longimanus (Lunel, 1881) (Mekong flying barb)
- Esomus malabaricus F. Day, 1867
- Esomus malayensis C. G. E. Ahl, 1923 (Malayan flying barb)
- Esomus manipurensis Tilak & Jain, 1990
- Esomus metallicus C. G. E. Ahl, 1923
- Esomus thermoicos (Valenciennes, 1842)
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References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Esomus in FishBase. August 2011 version.
- "Esomus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2007-07-09.
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