Barbus

See also: barbus

Translingual

Barbus plebejus

Etymology

From Latin barbus.

Proper noun

Barbus m

1. (formerly) A taxonomic genus within the family Barbidae – many fish resembling barbs and barbels, now being assigned to genera, mostly in Barbinae, especially Puntius.
2. A taxonomic genus within the family Cyprinidae – typical barbs and barbels.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class; Ostariophysi – superorder; Cypriniformes – order; Cyprinoidea – superfamily; Cyprinidae – family; Barbinae – subfamily

Hyponyms

• (former genus in Barbidae): Search World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) for "Barbus"
• (genus in Cyprinidae): See Barbus on WikispeciesWikispecies or Barbus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Coordinate terms

• (genus in Barbinae): Acrossocheilus*, Barbodes, Caecobarbus, Capoeta, Carasobarbus, Catla, Catlocarpio, Dawkinsia, Haludaria, Iranocypris, Labeobarbus, Luciobarbus, Pethia, Phreatichthys, Pseudobarbus, Puntius*, Rohtee, Schizopyge, Sinocyclocheilus*, Systomus, Tor, Typhlogarra, Varicorhinus – genera (genera marked with * included species formerly in Barbus)

References

• Barbus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Barbus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Barbus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons