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Burnt-tailed barb

Balantiocheilos ambusticauda Ng & Kottelat, 2007

Status not recordedbony fish

The burnt-tailed barb (Balantiocheilos ambusticauda) is a species in the family Cyprinidae, order Cypriniformes.

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Quick facts about the burnt-tailed 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 burnt-tailed barb live?

Not recorded

Is the burnt-tailed 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 burnt-tailed barb classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCypriniformes
  5. familyCyprinidae
  6. genusBalantiocheilos
  7. SpeciesBalantiocheilos ambusticauda Ng & Kottelat, 2007
Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • Burnt-tailed sharkEnglish
  • Siamese Bala sharkEnglish
  • Siamese Bala-shakEnglish
  • Siamese Bala-sharkEnglish
  • ปลาหางไหม้Thai
  • Pla Harng MaiThai

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the burnt-tailed barb

Other species in the same genus Balantiocheilos.

Bala shark

Balantiocheilos melanopterus

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the burnt-tailed barb?

The burnt-tailed barb (Balantiocheilos ambusticauda) 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). Burnt-tailed barb (Balantiocheilos ambusticauda). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/burnt-tailed-barb

MLA

“Burnt-tailed barb (Balantiocheilos ambusticauda).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/burnt-tailed-barb.

BibTeX
@misc{burnt_tailed_barb_2026,
  title = {Burnt-tailed barb (Balantiocheilos ambusticauda)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/burnt-tailed-barb},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}