Barbus chantrei

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Family : Minnows or carps ;

Endangered

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Biome: Freshwater [1].

Ecology: It is large size barbel (>500 mm)[1].

List of Habitats :

•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.1     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )   
  
•     5.5     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Australbolbus fenestratus • Australbolbus fenestratus BLACKBURN, 1888 • Barbus beddomi Günther • Barbus beddomii Günther • Barbus chantrei • Barbus chantrei (non Sauvage, 1882) • Luciobarbus canis (Valenciennes • Tor canis (Valenciennes

Notes

This species has to be regarded with caution, and further investigations, among them genetic should be undertaken. It is often described as Tor canis.[1].

Similar Species

Members of the genus Barbus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 227 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

B. acuticeps (Clanwilliam Yellowfish) · B. affinis (Spottail Barb) · B. afrohamiltoni (Hamilton´s Barb) · B. afrovernayi (Spottail Barb) · B. albanicus (Albanian Barbel) · B. aloyi (Ripon Falls Barbel) · B. altianalis (Ripon Falls Barbel) · B. altianalis altianalis (Ripon Barbel) · B. altianalis radcliffii (Barbel) · B. amatolicus (Amatola Barb) · B. andrewi (Berg-Breede River Whitefish) · B. anema (Barbel) · B. annectens (Broadstriped Barb) · B. anoplus (Chubbyhead Barb) · B. apleurogramma (East African Red Finned Barb) · B. arenatus (Arenatus Barb) · B. argenteus (Rosefin Barb) · B. armatus (Pa Tiok) · B. arulius (Redtail Barb) · B. aspius (Drakensberg Minnow) · B. atkinsoni (Dash-Dot Barb) · B. balcanicus (Large Spot Barbel) · B. barbus (Barbet) · B. barnardi (Blackback Barb) · B. barotseensis (Barotse Barb) · B. bellcrossi (Gorgeous Barb) · B. bergi (Bulgarian Barbel) · B. bifrenatus (Hyphen Barb) · B. bigornei (Carp) · B. binotatus (Spotted Barb) · B. bovanicus (Bowany Barb) · B. brachycephalus (Caspian Barbel) · B. brachycephalus brachycephalus (Aral Barbel) · B. brachycephalus caspius (Caspian Barbel) · B. brachygramma (Linespotted Ufipa Barb) · B. breviceps (Shorthead Barb) · B. brevidorsalis (Dwarf Barb) · B. brevipinnis (Shortfin Barb) · B. burgi (Berg River Redfin) · B. bynni (Silver Fish) · B. bynni bynni (Barbel) · B. bynni occidentalis (Niger Barb) · B. calidus (Clanwilliam Redfin) · B. callensis (Algerian Barb) · B. callipterus (Clipper Barb) · B. camptacanthus (African Redfinned Barb) · B. caninus (Brook Barbel) · B. andrewi (Clanwilliam Redfin) · B. capito (Bulat-Mai Barbel) · B. capito capito (Bulat-Mai Barbel) · B. capito conocephalus (Bulatmai Barbel) · B. carnaticus (Carnatica Carp) · B. carpathicus (Carpathian Barbel) · B. caudimarginatus (Cauvery Barb) · B. cercops (Luambwa Barb) · B. chelynoides (Dark Mahseer) · B. choloensis (Silver Barb) · B. ciscaucasicus (Terek Barbel) · B. claudinae (Claudine's Barb) · B. clauseni (Upper Zambezi Yellowfish) · B. codringtonii (Upper Zambezi Yellowfish) · B. comiza (Iberian Barbel) · B. comizo (Iberian Barbel) · B. comizo comizo (Iberian Barbel) · B. conchonius (Turkestan Barbel) · B. congicus (Congo Barb) · B. crocodilensis (Rosefin Barb) · B. cumingii (Cummings Barb) · B. cyri (Kura Barbel) · B. dorsimaculatus (Blackline Barb) · B. dorsolineatus (Bostreep-Ghieliemientjie) · B. douronensis (River Carp) · B. duchesnii (Bigspot Barb) · B. eburneensis (Carp) · B. enoploides (Orange-Fin Barb) · B. erubescens (Twee River Redfin) · B. esocinus (Mangar) · B. euboicus (Petropsaro) · B. eutaenia (Orangefin Barb) · B. everetti (African Banded Barb) · B. fasciatus (Banded Barb) · B. fasciolatus (African Banded Barb) · B. filamentosus (Black-Spot Barb) · B. fluviatilis (Dharna Barb) · B. foureaui (Dharna Barb) · B. foutensis (Carp) · B. gelius (Golden Dwarf Barb) · B. goktschaicus (Gokcha Barbel) · B. gonionotus (Thai Silver Carp) · Labeobarbus intermedius subsp. intermedius (Briána) · B. guganio (Glass-Barb) · B. guiraonis (Barbo Mediterraneo) · B. gurneyi (Redtail Barb) · B. haasi (Barbo De Cola Roja) · B. haasianus (Sickle-Fin Barb) · B. hoevenii (Red Finned Cigar Shark) · B. holotaenia (Spotscale Barb) · B. hospes (Namaquab Barb) · B. hulstaerti (Butterfly Barb) · B. innocens (Inconspicious Barb)

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Further Reading

• Balik, S. 1995. Freshwater fish in Anatolia, Turkey. Biological Conservation 72:213–223.
• Eschmeyer, W.N., Editor (1999). Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of November 1999. Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in November 1999.
• IUCN. 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 04 May 2006.
• Krupp, F. 1985. Barbus chantrei (Sauvage, 1882), a valid species of cyprinid fish from the northern Levant. Senckenbergiana Biol. 66: 17–25.
• McAllister, D.E. (1990). A working list of fishes of the world. Copies available from D.E. McAllister, Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O. Box 3443, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6P4, Canada. 2661 p. plus 1270 p. Index

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 31, 2012.
• Crivelli, A.J. 2006. Barbus chantrei. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
• Crivelli, A.J. 2006. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• FishBase
• Froese, R., and D. Pauly. FishBase 2004. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Kottelat, Maurice (from FishBase).

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 144647
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-133182
• Fishbase Species ID: 54715
• IUCN ID: 194112
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 103929

Footnotes

1. Crivelli, A.J. 2006. Barbus chantrei. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]

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