After Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]

<==o Barbus Cuvier & Cloquet, 1816; Olig. R. Eu. Mioc. R. Af. As. U. Tert. R. EInd. [349] [polyphyletic assemblage]
   |-- B. ablabes (Bleeker, 1863)
   |-- B. aboinensis Boulenger, 1911
   |-- B. acuticeps Matthes, 1959
   |-- B. acutirostris Bini, 1940
   |-- B. aeneus (Burchell, 1822) (Smallmouth yellowfish)
   |-- B. afrohamiltoni Crass, 1960 (Hamilton's barb)
   |-- B. afrovernayi Nichols & Boulton, 1927 (Spottail barb)
   |-- B. alberti Poll, 1939
   |-- B. aliciae Bigorne & Lévêque, 1993
   |-- B. alluaudi Pellegrin, 1909
   |-- B. aloyi Roman, 1970
   |--o B. altianalis Boulenger, 1900 (Ripon barbel)
   |  |-- B. a. altianalis Boulenger, 1900 (Ripon barbel)
   |  |-- B. a. eduardianus Boulenger, 1901
   |  `-- B. a. radcliffii Boulenger, 1903
   |-- B. altidorsalis Boulenger, 1908
   |-- B. alvarezi Roman, 1970
   |-- B. amanpoae Lambert, 1961
   |-- B. amatolicus Skelton, 1990 (Amatola barb)
   |-- B. amboseli Banister, 1980
   |-- B. amphigramma Boulenger, 1903
   |-- B. andrewi Barnard, 1937 (Cape whitefish)
   |-- B. anema Boulenger, 1903
   |-- B. annectens Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917 (Broadstriped barb)
   |-- B. anniae Lévêque, 1983
   |-- B. anoplus Weber, 1897 (Chubbyhead barb)
   |-- B. ansorgii Boulenger, 1904
   |-- B. apleurogramma Boulenger, 1911 (East african red finned barb)
   |-- B. apoensis Banister & Clarke, 1977
   |-- B. arabicus Trewavas, 1941
   |-- B. arambourgi Pellegrin, 1935
   |-- B. arcislongae Keilhack, 1908
   |-- B. argenteus Günther, 1868 (Rosefin barb)
   |-- B. aspilus Boulenger, 1907
   |-- B. aspius Boulenger, 1912 (Drakensberg minnow)
   |-- B. atakorensis Daget, 1957
   |-- B. atkinsoni Bailey, 1969 (Dash-dot barb)
   |-- B. atromaculatus Nichols & Griscom, 1917
   |-- B. bagbwensis Norman, 1932
   |-- B. barbus (Linnaeus, 1758) (jokibarbi; Barbel)
   |-- B. barnardi Jubb, 1965 (Blackback barb)
   |-- B. barotseensis Pellegrin, 1920 (Barbus barb)
   |-- B. batesii Boulenger, 1903
   |-- B. baudoni Boulenger, 1918
   |-- B. bawkuensis Hopson, 1965
   |-- B. bellcrossi Jubb, 1965 (Gorgeous barb)
   |-- B. bifrenatus Fowler, 1935 (Hyphen barb)
   |-- B. bigornei Lévêque, Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1988
   |-- B. boboi Schultz, 1942
   |-- B. bocagei Steindachner, 1864
   |-- B. bourdariei Pellegrin, 1928
   |--o B. brachycephalus Kessler, 1872 (Aral barbel)
   |  |-- B. b. brachycephalus Kessler, 1872 (Aral barbel)
   |  `-- B. b. caspius Berg, 1914 (Caspian barbel)
   |-- B. brachygramma Boulenger, 1915 (Linespotted ufipa barb)
   |-- B. brazzai Pellegrin, 1901
   |-- B. brevicephalus Nagelkerke & Sibbing, 1997
   |-- B. breviceps Trewavas, 1936 (Shorthead barb)
   |-- B. brevidorsalis Boulenger, 1915 (Dwarf barb)
   |-- B. brevilateralis Poll, 1967
   |-- B. brevipinnis Jubb, 1966 (Shortfin barb)
   |-- B. brevispinis Holly, 1927
   |-- B. brichardi Poll & Lambert, 1959
   |--o B. bynni (Forsskål, 1775)
   |  |-- B. b. bynni (Forsskål, 1775)
   |  |-- B. b. occidentalis Boulenger, 1911 (Niger barb)
   |  `-- B. b. waldroni Norman, 1935
   |-- B. cadenati Daget, 1962
   |-- B. calidus Barnard, 1938 (Clanwilliam redfin)
   |-- B. callensis Valenciennes, 1842 (Algerian barb)
   |-- B. callipterus Boulenger, 1907 (Clipper barb)
   |-- B. camptacanthus (Bleeker, 1863) (African redfinned barb)
   |-- B. candens Nichols & Griscom, 1917
   |-- B. caninus Bonaparte, 1839
   |-- B. canis Valenciennes, 1842
   |-- B. capensis Smith, 1841 (Clanwilliam yellowfish)
   |--o B. capito (Güldenstädt, 1772) (Bulatmai barbel)
   |  |-- B. c. capito (Güldenstädt, 1772) (Bulatmai barbel)
   |  `-- B. c. conocephalus Kessler, 1872 (Turkestan barbel)
   |-- B. cardozoi Boulenger, 1912
   |-- B. carens Boulenger, 1912
   |-- B. castrasibutum Fowler, 1936
   |-- B. catenarius Poll & Lambert, 1959
   |-- B. caudosignatus Poll, 1967
   |-- B. caudovittatus Boulenger, 1902
   |-- B. cercops Whitehead, 1960
   |-- B. chantrei (Sauvage, 1882)
   |-- B. chicapaensis Poll, 1967
   |-- B. chiumbeensis Pellegrin, 1936
   |-- B. chlorotaenia Boulenger, 1911
   |-- B. choloensis Norman, 1925 Silver barb
   |-- B. ciscaucasicus Kessler, 1877 Terek barbel
   |-- B. citrinus Boulenger, 1920
   |-- B. claudinae De Vos & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1990
   |-- B. clauseni Thys van den Audenaerde, 1976
   |-- B. codringtoni Boulenger, 1908 (Upper Zambezi yellowfish)
   |-- B. collarti Poll, 1945
   |-- B. comizo Steindachner, 1864 (Iberian barbel)
   |-- B. compinei (Sauvage, 1879)
   |-- B. condei Mahnert & Géry, 1982
   |-- B. congicus Boulenger, 1899 (Congo barb)
   |-- B. crassibarbis Nagelkerke & Sibbing, 1997
   |-- B. cyclolepis Heckel, 1837
   |-- B. dainellii Bini, 1940
   |-- B. dartevellei Poll, 1945
   |-- B. deguidei Matthes, 1964
   |-- B. deserti Pellegrin, 1909
   |-- B. dialonensis Daget, 1962
   |-- B. diamouanganai Teugels & Mamonekene, 1992
   |-- B. ditinensis Daget, 1962
   |-- B. dorsolineatus Trewavas, 1936 (Cunene barb)
   |-- B. eburneensis Poll, 1941
   |-- B. elephantis Boulenger, 1907
   |-- B. ensis Boulenger, 1910
   |-- B. erubescens Skelton, 1974 (Twee redfin)
   |-- B. erythrozonus Poll & Lambert, 1959
   |-- B. esocinus (Heckel, 1843) Mangar
   |-- B. ethiopicus Zolezzi, 1939
   |-- B. euboicus Stephanidis, 1950
   |-- B. eurystomus Keilhack, 1908
   |-- B. eutaenia Boulenger, 1904 (Orangefin barb)
   |-- B. evansi Fowler, 1930
   |-- B. exulatus Banister & Clarke, 1977
   |-- B. fasciolatus Günther, 1868 (African banded barb; kuparibarbi)
   |-- B. fasolt Pappenheim, 1914
   |-- B. foutensis Lévêque, Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1988
   |--o B. fritschii Günther, 1874
   |  |-- B. f. fritschii Günther, 1874
   |  `-- B. f. harteti Günther, 1901
   |-- B. gananensis Vinciguerra, 1895
   |-- B. gestetneri Banister & Bailey, 1979
   |-- B. girardi Boulenger, 1910
   |-- B. goktschaicus Kessler, 1877 (Gokcha barbel)
   |-- B. gorgorensis Bini, 1940
   |-- B. gorguari Rüppell, 1836
   |-- B. graecus Steindachner, 1895
   |-- B. graellsii Steindachner, 1866
   |-- B. greenwoodi Poll, 1967
   |-- B. gruveli Pellegrin, 1911
   |-- B. grypus Heckel, 1843
   |-- B. guildi Loiselle, 1973
   |-- B. guineensis Pellegrin, 1913
   |-- B. guirali Thominot, 1886
   |-- B. guiraonis Steindachner, 1866
   |-- B. gulielmi Boulenger, 1910
   |-- B. gurneyi Günther, 1868 (Redtail barb)
   |-- B. haasianus David, 1936 Sickle barb
   |-- B. habereri Steindachner, 1912
   |-- B. holotaenia Boulenger, 1904 (Spotscale barb)
   |-- B. hospes Barnard, 1938 (Namaquab barb)
   |-- B. huguenyi Bigorne & Lévêque, 1993
   |-- B. huloti Banister, 1976
   |-- B. hulstaerti Poll, 1945 (Butterfly barb)
   |-- B. humeralis Boulenger, 1902
   |-- B. humilis Boulenger, 1902
   |-- B. humphri Banister, 1976
   |-- B. hypsolepis Daget, 1959
   |-- B. inaequalis Lévêque, Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1988
   |-- B. innocens Pfeffer, 1896 (Inconspicious barb)
   |--o B. intermedius Rüppell, 1836
   |  |-- B. i. australis Banister, 1973
   |  `-- B. i. intermedius Rüppell, 1836
   |-- B. iturii Holly, 1929
   |-- B. jacksoni Günther, 1889 (Jackson's barb)
   |-- B. jae Boulenger, 1903 (Jae barb)
   |-- B. janssensi Poll, 1976
   |-- B. johnstonii Boulenger, 1907
   |-- B. jubbi Poll, 1967
   |-- B. kamolondoensis Poll, 1938
   |-- B. kersin Heckel, 1843
   |--o B. kerstenii Peters, 1868 (Redspot barb)
   |  |-- B. k. kerstenii Peters, 1868 (Redspot barb)
   |  `-- B. k. luhondo Pappenheim & Boulenger, 1914
   |-- B. kessleri (Steindachner, 1866) (Gillbar barb)
   |-- B. kimberleyensis Gilchrist & Thompson, 1913 (Largemouth yellowfish)
   |-- B. kissiensis Daget, 1954
   |-- B. kosswigi (Ladiges, 1960)
   |-- B. kuiluensis Pellegrin, 1930
   |?-o B. lacerta
   |  |?- B. l. lacerta
   |  `-- B. l. cyri De Filippi, 1865 (Kura barbel)
   |-- B. lagensis (Günther, 1868)
   |-- B. lamani Lönnberg & Rendahl, 1920
   |-- B. laticeps Pfeffer, 1889
   |-- B. lauzannei Lévêque & Paugy, 1982
   |-- B. leonensis Boulenger, 1915
   |-- B. liberiensis Steindachner, 1894
   |-- B. lineomaculatus Boulenger, 1903 (Line-spotted barb)
   |-- B. litamba Keilhack, 1908
   |-- B. longiceps Valenciennes, 1842
   |-- B. longifilis Pellegrin, 1935
   |-- B. longissimus Nagelkerke & Sibbing, 1997
   |-- B. lorteti Sauvage, 1882
   |-- B. loveridgii Boulenger, 1916
   |-- B. luapulae Fowler, 1958
   |-- B. lucius Boulenger, 1910
   |-- B. lufukiensis Boulenger, 1917
   |-- B. luikae Ricardo, 1939 Luika barb
   |-- B. lujae Boulenger, 1913
   |-- B. lukindae Boulenger, 1915
   |-- B. lukusiensis David & Poll, 1937
   |-- B. luluae Fowler, 1930
   |-- B. luteus (Heckel, 1843)
   |-- B. macedonicus Karaman, 1928
   |-- B. machadoi Poll, 1967
   |-- B. macinensis Daget, 1954
   |-- B. macroceps Fowler, 1936
   |-- B. macrolepis Pfeffer, 1889
   |-- B. macrophtalmus Bini, 1940
   |-- B. macrops Boulenger, 1911 (Blackstripe barb)
   |-- B. macrotaenia Worthington, 1933 (Broadband barb)
   |-- B. magdalenae Boulenger, 1906
   |-- B. malacanthus Pappenheim, 1911
   |-- B. manicensis Pellegrin, 1919 (Yellow barb)
   |-- B. marequensis Smith, 1841 (Largescale yellowfish)
   |-- B. mariae Holly, 1929 (Rhinofish)
   |-- B. marmoratus David & Poll, 1937
   |-- B. martorelli Roman, 1970
   |-- B. matthesi Poll & Gosse, 1963
   |-- B. mattozi Guimaraes, 1884 (Papermouth)
   |-- B. mawambi Pappenheim, 1914
   |-- B. mawambiensis Steindachner, 1911
   |-- B. mbami (Holly, 1927)
   |-- B. mediosquamatus Poll, 1967
   |-- B. megastoma Nagelkerke & Sibbing, 1997
   |-- B. meridionalis Risso, 1827 (Mediterranean barbel)
   |-- †B. microbarbis David & Poll, 1937
   |-- B. microcephalus Almaça, 1966
   |-- B. micronema Boulenger, 1904
   |-- B. microterolepis Boulenger, 1902
   |-- B. mimus Boulenger, 1912
   |-- B. miolepis miolepis Boulenger, 1902 (Zigzag barb)
   |-- B. miolepis rubrostigma Poll & Lambert, 1964
   |-- B. mirabilis Pappenheim, 1914
   |-- B. mocoensis Trewavas, 1936
   |-- B. mohasicus Pappenheim, 1914
   |-- B. motebensis Steindachner, 1894 (Marico barb)
   |-- B. multilineatus Worthington, 1933 (Copperstripe barb)
   |-- B. mungoensis Trewavas, 1974
   |-- B. mursa (Güldenstädt, 1772) (Mursa)
   |-- B. musumbi Boulenger, 1910
   |-- B. myersi Poll, 1939
   |-- B. mystaceus (Pallas, 1814)
   |-- B. nanningsi (de Beaufort, 1933)
   |-- B. nasus Günther, 1874
   |-- B. natalensis Castelnau, 1861 (Scaly barb)
   |-- B. nedgia (Rüppell, 1836)
   |-- B. neefi Greenwood, 1962 (Sidespot barb)
   |-- B. neglectus Boulenger, 1903)
   |-- B. neumayeri Fischer, 1884 (Neumayer's barb)
   |-- B. nigeriensis Boulenger, 1903
   |-- B. nigrifilis Nichols, 1928
   |-- B. nigroluteus Pellegrin, 1930
   |-- B. niokoloensis Daget, 1959
   |-- B. nounensis Van den Bergh & Teugels, 1998
   |-- B. nyanzae Whitehead, 1960
   |-- B. oligogrammus David, 1937
   |-- B. olivaceus Seegers, 1996 (Olivegreen ufipa barb)
   |-- B. owenae Ricardo-Bertram, 1943
   |-- B. oxyrhynchus Pfeffer, 1889 (Pangani barb)
   |-- B. pagenstecheri Fischer, 1884
   |-- B. pallidus Smith, 1841 (Goldie barb)
   |-- B. paludinosus Peters, 1852 (Straightfin barb)
   |-- B. papilio Banister & Bailey, 1979
   |-- B. parablabes Daget, 1957
   |-- B. parajae Van den Bergh & Teugels, 1998
   |-- B. parawaldroni Lévêque, Thys van den Audenaerde & Traoré, 1987
   |-- B. paucisquamatus Pellegrin, 1935
   |-- B. pectoralis Heckel, 1843
   |-- B. pellegrini Poll, 1939 (Pellegrin's barb)
   |-- B. peloponnesius Valenciennes, 1842
   |-- B. perince Rüppell, 1836
   |-- B. petchkovskyi Poll, 1967
   |-- B. petitjeani Daget, 1962
   |-- B. platydorsus Nagelkerke & Sibbing, 1997
   |-- B. platyrhinus Boulenger, 1900
   |-- B. plebejus Bonaparte, 1839
   |-- B. pleurogramma Boulenger, 1902
   |-- B. pleuropholis Boulenger, 1899
   |-- B. pobeguini Pellegrin, 1911
   |-- B. poechii Steindachner, 1911 (Dashtail barb)
   |-- B. polylepis Boulenger, 1907 (Smallscale yellowfish)
   |-- B. prespensis Karaman, 1924
   |-- B. prionacanthus Mahnert & Géry, 1982
   |-- B. progenys Boulenger, 1903
   |-- B. pseudognathodon Boulenger, 1915
   |-- B. pseudotoppini Seegers, 1996
   |-- B. puellus Nichols & Boulton, 1927
   |-- B. pumilus Boulenger, 1901
   |-- B. punctitaeniatus Daget, 1954
   |-- B. pygmaeus Poll & Gosse, 1963
   |-- B. quadripunctatus Pfeffer, 1896
   |--o B. radiatus Peters, 1854 (Redeye barb)
   |  |-- B. r. aurantiacus (Boulenger, 1910)
   |  |-- B. r. profundus Greenwood, 1970
   |  `-- B. r. radiatus Peters, 1854 (Redeye barb)
   |-- B. raimbaulti Daget, 1962
   |-- B. reinii Günther, 1874
   |-- B. rhinophorus Boulenger, 1910
   |-- B. rocadasi Boulenger, 1910
   |-- B. rohani Pellegrin, 1921
   |-- B. rosae Boulenger, 1910
   |-- B. roussellei Ladiges & Voelker, 1961
   |-- B. rouxi Daget, 1961
   |-- B. roylii Boulenger, 1912
   |-- B. ruasae Pappenheim & Boulenger, 1914
   |-- B. sacratus Daget, 1963
   |-- B. salessei Pellegrin, 1908
   |-- B. salmo Pfeffer, 1896
   |-- B. schoutedeni Poll & Lambert, 1961
   |-- B. sclateri Günther, 1868
   |-- B. serengetiensis Farm, 2000 (Serengeti barb)
   |-- B. serra Peters, 1864 Sawfin
   |-- B. sexradiatus Boulenger, 1911
   |-- B. sharpeyi Günther, 1874
   |-- B. somereni Boulenger, 1911
   |-- B. stanleyi Poll & Gosse, 1974
   |-- B. stappersii Boulenger, 1915
   |-- B. stauchi Daget, 1967
   |-- B. steindachneri Almaça, 1966
   |-- B. stigmasemion Fowler, 1936
   |-- B. stigmatopygus Boulenger, 1903
   |-- B. subinensis Hopson, 1965
   |-- B. sublimus Coad & Najafpour, 1997
   |-- B. sublineatus Daget, 1954
   |-- B. subquincunciatus Günther, 1868
   |-- B. surkis Rüppell, 1836
   |-- B. sylvaticus Loiselle & Welcomme, 1971
   |-- B. syntrechalepis (Fowler, 1949)
   |-- B. taeniopleura Boulenger, 1917
   |-- B. taeniurus Boulenger, 1903
   |-- B. tangandensis Jubb, 1954 (Redsport barb)
   |--o B. tauricus Kessler, 1877 (Crimean barbel)
   |  |-- B. t. kubanicus Berg, 1912 (Kuban barbel)
   |  `-- B. t. tauricus Kessler, 1877 (Crimean barbel)
   |-- B. tegulifer Fowler, 1936
   |-- B. tetraspilus Pfeffer, 1896
   |-- B. tetrastigma Boulenger, 1913
   |-- B. thamalakanensis Fowler, 1935 (Thamalakane barb)
   |-- B. thysi Trewavas, 1974
   |-- B. tiekoroi Lévêque, Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1987
   |-- B. tomiensis Fowler, 1936
   |-- B. tongaensis Rendahl, 1935
   |-- B. toppini Boulenger, 1916 (East Coast barb)
   |-- B. trachypterus Boulenger, 1915
   |-- B. traorei Lévêque, Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1987
   |-- B. treurensis Groenewald, 1958 (Treur barb)
   |-- B. trevelyani Günther, 1877 (Border barb)
   |-- B. trimaculatus Peters, 1852 (Threespot barb)
   |-- B. trinotatus Fowler, 1936
   |-- B. trispiloides Lévêque, Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1987
   |-- B. trispilomimus Boulenger, 1907
   |-- B. trispilopleura Boulenger, 1902
   |-- B. trispilos (Bleeker, 1863)
   |-- B. tropidolepis Boulenger, 1900
   |-- B. truttiformis Nagelkerke & Sibbing, 1997
   |-- B. tsanensis Nagelkerke & Sibbing, 1997
   |-- B. tyberinus Bonaparte, 1839
   |-- B. unitaeniatus Günther, 1866 (Slender barb)
   |-- B. urostigma Boulenger, 1917
   |-- B. urotaenia Boulenger, 1913
   |-- B. usambarae Lönnberg, 1907
   |-- B. vanderysti Poll, 1945
   |-- B. viktorianus Lohberger, 1929
   |-- B. viviparus Weber, 1897 (Bowstripe barb)
   |-- B. walkeri Boulenger, 1904
   |-- B. wellmani Boulenger, 1911
   |-- B. wurtzi Pellegrin, 1908
   |-- B. xanthopterus (Heckel, 1843)
   |-- B. yeiensis Johnsen, 1926
   |-- B. yongei Whitehead, 1960
   |-- B. zalbiensis Blache & Miton, 1960
   `-- B. zanzibaricus Peters, 1868 (Zanzibar barb)

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