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Beardless barb

Cyclocheilichthys apogon (Valenciennes, 1842)

Status not recordedbony fish

The beardless barb (Cyclocheilichthys apogon) is a species in the family Cyprinidae, order Cypriniformes.

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Quick facts about the beardless 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 beardless barb live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

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

  1. Nepal

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 beardless 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 beardless barb classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCypriniformes
  5. familyCyprinidae
  6. genusCyclocheilichthys
  7. SpeciesCyclocheilichthys apogon (Valenciennes, 1842)

Synonyms Anematichthys apogon, Barbus apogon, Cyclocheilichthys rubripinnis, Rohteichthys macrolepis, Systomus apogon, Systomus apogonoides, Systomus macularius

Other names and names in other languages (8)
  • Parma indickáCzech
  • Indisk flodbarbeDanish
  • ベニタナゴJapanese
  • Тёмный индийский барбусRussian
  • ปลาไส้ตันตาแดงThai
  • redang tečkopruhýCzech
  • アポゴンバルブJapanese
  • Pla Saiton Tah DaengThai

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the beardless barb

Other species in the same genus Cyclocheilichthys.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the beardless barb an invasive species?

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

What kind of animal is the beardless barb?

The beardless barb (Cyclocheilichthys apogon) 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). Beardless barb (Cyclocheilichthys apogon). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/beardless-barb

MLA

“Beardless barb (Cyclocheilichthys apogon).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/beardless-barb.

BibTeX
@misc{beardless_barb_2026,
  title = {Beardless barb (Cyclocheilichthys apogon)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/beardless-barb},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}