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Cherry barb

Puntius titteya Deraniyagala, 1929

Status not recordedbony fish

The cherry barb (Puntius titteya) is a species in the family Cyprinidae, order Cypriniformes.

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Quick facts about the cherry 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 cherry barb live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the cherry barb as introduced in 2 countries, and flagged as invasive in 1 of them.

  1. Mexicoinvasive
  2. Colombia

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 cherry 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 cherry barb classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCypriniformes
  5. familyCyprinidae
  6. genusPuntius
  7. SpeciesPuntius titteya Deraniyagala, 1929

Synonyms Barbus titteya, Capoeta titteya

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the cherry barb

Other species in the same genus Puntius.

Chola barb

Puntius chola

CyprinidaeNo free photo yet

Pool barb

Puntius sophore

CyprinidaeNo free photo yet

Swamp barb

Puntius brevis

CyprinidaeNo free photo yet

CompareCherry barb vs Chola barbCherry barb vs Pool barbCherry barb vs Puntius vittatusCherry barb vs Swamp barb

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the cherry barb an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the cherry barb as invasive in 1 country: Mexico. It lists it as introduced in 2 in all.

What kind of animal is the cherry barb?

The cherry barb (Puntius titteya) belongs to the family Cyprinidae in the order Cypriniformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Cherry barb (Puntius titteya). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/cherry-barb

MLA

“Cherry barb (Puntius titteya).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/cherry-barb.

BibTeX
@misc{cherry_barb_2026,
  title = {Cherry barb (Puntius titteya)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cherry-barb},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}