North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Barbus Cuvier & Cloquet, 1816

AphiaID

154291 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154291)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Barbinae Bleeker, 1859

Direct children (2)

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Species Barbus barbus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Barbus fritschii Günther, 1874 accepted as Carasobarbus fritschii (Günther, 1874)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Cuvier, G. (1816). Le Règne Animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Tome II, contenant les reptiles, les poissons, les mollusques et les annélides. Deterville, Paris, pp. i-xviii, 1-532 [pls. 9-10 contained in volume 4]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1848835 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Barbus Cuvier & Cloquet, 1816. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=154291 on 2026-04-22

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Barbus Cuvier & Cloquet, 1816. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=154291 on 2026-04-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-18 08:19:08Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2013-03-08 15:41:42Z

checked

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-12-02 12:48:54Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2025-10-23 00:10:54Z

unchecked

Bailly, Nicolas

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original description Cuvier, G. (1816). Le Règne Animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Tome II, contenant les reptiles, les poissons, les mollusques et les annélides. Deterville, Paris, pp. i-xviii, 1-532 [pls. 9-10 contained in volume 4]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1848835 [details]

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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Definitions

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Language	Name
Slovenian	mrene	[details]

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