Biology:Sucker barb
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Short description: Species of fish
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Superfamily: | Cyprinoidea |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Barbichthys Bleeker, 1860 |
| Species: | B. laevis
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| Barbichthys laevis (Valenciennes, 1842)
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The sucker barb (Barbichthys laevis) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the carps, barbs, minnows and related fishes.[1] It is the only species in the monospecific genus Barbichthys.[2] This species is found in southeast Asia where it occurs in Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia, in Java, Sumatra and Kalimantan.[3]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2024). "Barbichthys laevis" in FishBase. October 2024 version.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Species in the genus Barbichthys". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=species&genus=Barbichthys.
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Wikidata ☰ Q2759401 entry
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