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Gold barb

Barbodes semifasciolatus (Günther, 1868)

Status not recordedbony fish

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

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Quick facts about the gold 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 gold barb live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

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

  1. Mexicoinvasive
  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 gold 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 gold barb classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCypriniformes
  5. familyCyprinidae
  6. genusBarbodes
  7. SpeciesBarbodes semifasciolatus (Günther, 1868)

Synonyms Barbus aureus, Barbus hainani, Barbus semifasciolatus, Capoeta semifasciolata, Puntius semifaciolatus, Puntius semifasciolata, Puntius semifasciolatus

Other names and names in other languages (31)
  • Chinese barbEnglish
  • Golden barbEnglish
  • Half-striped barbEnglish
  • Schuberti barbEnglish
  • parmička zelenáCzech
  • BrokatbarbeGerman
  • Barbo dorado asiáticoSpanish
  • グリーンバルブJapanese
  • 골든바브Korean
  • BrokaatbarbeelDutch
  • Barbo-chinêsPortuguese
  • Барбус ЗолотойRussian
  • Cá cấnVietnamese
  • 七星魚Cantonese
  • 半紋小鲃Chinese
  • Hongkong-BarbeGerman
  • MessingbarbeGerman
  • ゴマダラヒメゴイJapanese
  • SchubertibarbeelDutch
  • зелёный барбусRussian
  • cá đong chấmVietnamese
  • 五線無鬚䰾Chinese
  • 五線無鬚鲃Chinese
  • 半紋小䰾Chinese
  • 條紋二鬚䰾Chinese
  • 條紋四須䰾Chinese
  • 條紋小䰾Chinese
  • 牛屎鯽Chinese
  • 牛屎鯽仔Chinese
  • 紅目猴Chinese
  • 紅目鮘Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the gold barb

Other species in the same genus Barbodes.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the gold barb an invasive species?

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

What kind of animal is the gold barb?

The gold barb (Barbodes semifasciolatus) 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). Gold barb (Barbodes semifasciolatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/gold-barb

MLA

“Gold barb (Barbodes semifasciolatus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/gold-barb.

BibTeX
@misc{gold_barb_2026,
  title = {Gold barb (Barbodes semifasciolatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/gold-barb},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}