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Rhombic barb

Barbodes rhombeus (Kottelat, 2000)

Status not recordedbony fish

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

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Quick facts about the rhombic 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 rhombic barb live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

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

  1. 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 rhombic 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 rhombic barb classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCypriniformes
  5. familyCyprinidae
  6. genusBarbodes
  7. SpeciesBarbodes rhombeus (Kottelat, 2000)

Synonyms Puntius rhombeus

Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • Indochinese spotted barbEnglish
  • parmička čtvercováCzech
  • Barbo-da-IndochinaPortuguese
  • Ромбовидный барбусRussian
  • ปลาตะเพียนน้ำตกThai

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the rhombic barb

Other species in the same genus Barbodes.

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Common questions

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Is the rhombic barb an invasive species?

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

What kind of animal is the rhombic barb?

The rhombic barb (Barbodes rhombeus) 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). Rhombic barb (Barbodes rhombeus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/rhombic-barb

MLA

“Rhombic barb (Barbodes rhombeus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/rhombic-barb.

BibTeX
@misc{rhombic_barb_2026,
  title = {Rhombic barb (Barbodes rhombeus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/rhombic-barb},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}