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Bonylip barb

Osteochilus vittatus (Valenciennes, 1842)

Status not recordedbony fish

The bonylip barb (Osteochilus vittatus) is a species in the family Cyprinidae, order Cypriniformes.

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Quick facts about the bonylip 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 bonylip barb live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the bonylip barb as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Indonesia
  2. Singapore

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 bonylip 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 bonylip barb classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCypriniformes
  5. familyCyprinidae
  6. genusOsteochilus
  7. SpeciesOsteochilus vittatus (Valenciennes, 1842)

Synonyms Labeo neilli, Osteochilus duostigma, Osteochilus hasselti, Osteochilus hasselti tweediei, Osteochilus hasseltii, Osteochilus hasseltii tweediei, Osteochilus kuhlii, Osteochilus melanopterus, Osteochilus neilli, Rohita erythrura, Rohita hasseltii, Rohita kuhli, Rohita rostellatus, Rohita vittata

Other names and names in other languages (9)
  • Hard-lipped barbEnglish
  • Silver sharkminnowEnglish
  • tvrdoretka bantamskáCzech
  • NilemIndonesian
  • カタクチJapanese
  • Carpa-esbeltaPortuguese
  • Ленточный остеохилRussian
  • pla khe khomThai
  • ปลาสร้อยนกเขาThai

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the bonylip barb

Other species in the same genus Osteochilus.

CompareBonylip barb vs Giant Bonylipped barbBonylip barb vs Waandersii's hard-lipped barbBonylip barb vs Osteochilus borneensisBonylip barb vs Osteochilus enneaporos

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the bonylip barb an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the bonylip barb as introduced in 2 countries: Indonesia and Singapore, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the bonylip barb?

The bonylip barb (Osteochilus vittatus) 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). Bonylip barb (Osteochilus vittatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/bonylip-barb

MLA

“Bonylip barb (Osteochilus vittatus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/bonylip-barb.

BibTeX
@misc{bonylip_barb_2026,
  title = {Bonylip barb (Osteochilus vittatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bonylip-barb},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}