Esomus
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 |
Species[1] | |
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Esomus is a genus comprising the Flying Barbs. they are closely related to the Danio genus and are distinctive for their extremely long barbels.
Species
- Esomus ahli Hora & Mukerji, 1928
- Esomus altus (Blyth, 1860)
- Esomus barbatus (Jerdon, 1849) (South Indian flying barb)
- Esomus caudiocellatus C. G. E. Ahl, 1923
- Esomus danricus (F. Hamilton, 1822) (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)
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Esomus in FishBase. August 2011 version.
- ↑ "Esomus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2007-07-09.
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