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Common barb

Barbodes binotatus (Valenciennes, 1842)

Status not recordedbony fish

The common barb (Barbodes binotatus) is a species in the family Cyprinidae, order Cypriniformes.

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Quick facts about the common barb

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the common barb live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the common barb as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Palau

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the common barb endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the common barb classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCypriniformes
  5. familyCyprinidae
  6. genusBarbodes
  7. SpeciesBarbodes binotatus (Valenciennes, 1842)

Synonyms Barbus binotatus, Barbus blitonensis, Barbus goniosoma, Barbus kusanensis, Barbus maculatus, Barbus maculatus hagenii, Barbus oresigenes, Barbus polyspilos, Capoeta binotata, Puntius amblyrhynchus, Puntius binotatus, Puntius sibukensis, Putius binotatus, Systomus binoatus, Systomus binotatus, Systomus goniosoma, Systomus maculatus

Other names and names in other languages (21)
  • Spotted barbEnglish
  • Parmička SkvrnitáCzech
  • FleckenbarbeGerman
  • ParitäpläbarbiFinnish
  • Wader Bintik-DuaIndonesian
  • BilakJavanese
  • KulprichKhmer
  • PutihMalay
  • Nga-nyanmaBurmese
  • Barbo-pintadoPortuguese
  • Pyatnistyi PuntiusRussian
  • ปลาตะเพียนน้ำตกใต้Thai
  • PaitFilipino
  • 雙斑四須䰾Chinese
  • Parmička ZlatoleskláCzech
  • KlemarJavanese
  • Wader CakulJavanese
  • BunterMalay
  • Tebal SisekMalay
  • Обыкновенный барбусRussian
  • Одноточечный барбусRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the common barb

Other species in the same genus Barbodes.

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Common questions

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Is the common barb an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the common barb as introduced in 1 country: Palau, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the common barb?

The common barb (Barbodes binotatus) belongs to the family Cyprinidae in the order Cypriniformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Common barb (Barbodes binotatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/barbodes-binotatus

MLA

“Common barb (Barbodes binotatus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/barbodes-binotatus.

BibTeX
@misc{barbodes_binotatus_2026,
  title = {Common barb (Barbodes binotatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/barbodes-binotatus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}