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Morar barb

Cabdio morar (Hamilton, 1822)

Status not recordedbony fish

The morar barb (Cabdio morar) is a species in the family Cyprinidae, order Cypriniformes.

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Quick facts about the morar 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 morar barb live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

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

  1. Vietnam

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 morar 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 morar barb classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCypriniformes
  5. familyCyprinidae
  6. genusCabdio
  7. SpeciesCabdio morar (Hamilton, 1822)

Synonyms Aspidoparia morar, Aspidoparia sardina, Aspidoporia morar, Aspidopria morar, Cyprinus morar, Leuciscus morar, Morara morar

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • aspidoparie indickáCzech
  • Cadio-brancoPortuguese
  • ปลาแปบหัวมนThai
  • 异鲴Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the morar barb

Other species in the same genus Cabdio.

CompareMorar barb vs Cabdio crassusMorar barb vs Cabdio jayaMorar barb vs Cabdio occidentalis

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the morar barb an invasive species?

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

What kind of animal is the morar barb?

The morar barb (Cabdio morar) 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). Morar barb (Cabdio morar). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/morar-barb

MLA

“Morar barb (Cabdio morar).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/morar-barb.

BibTeX
@misc{morar_barb_2026,
  title = {Morar barb (Cabdio morar)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/morar-barb},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}