Barbus Cuvier and Cloquet 1816 (carp-like fish)

Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae

Parent taxon: Cyprinidae according to T. Argyriou 2022

See also Mors et al. 2000 and Woodward 1901

Sister taxa: Acheilognathinae, Acrocheilus, Alisodon, Amblypharyngodon, Amyzon, Aspius, Barbinae, Cultrinae, Cyprininae, Cyprinion, Cyprinus, Danioninae, Ecocarpia, Esox destructus, Gila, Gobio, Gobioninae, Hexapsephus, Iquius, Labeoninae, Lavinia, Leuciscinae, Leuciscus, Mylocyprinus, Nemachilus, Opsariichthyinae, Orthodon, Palaeoleuciscus, Palaeotinca, Phoxininae, Planktophaga, Protothymallus, Ptychocheilus, Puntius, Rhodeus, Siphateles, Squaliobarbinae, Thynichthys, Tinca, Tincinae, Xenocyprinae

Subtaxa: Barbus altianalis Barbus barbus Barbus bynni

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Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (5 collections), Egypt (5), Hungary (1), Kenya (16), Spain (1), Syria (1), the United Kingdom (2)

• Pliocene to Holocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (2)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (1)

• Pliocene of Egypt (1), Ethiopia (1), Kenya (4), Spain (3)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Uganda (2)

• Miocene of Austria (2), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), China (1), Germany (5), Greece (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Slovakia (1), Tunisia (1), Turkey (2)

• Oligocene of Romania (1)

Total: 61 collections including 64 occurrences

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