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Tinfoil Barb

Barbonymus schwanefeldii

Least concern

Tinfoil Barb
Mattia Nocciola · CC BY-SA 4.0

Overview

The tinfoil barb is a tropical Southeast Asian freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae. This species was originally described as Barbus schwanenfeldii by Pieter Bleeker in 1853, and has also been placed in the genera Barbodes and Puntius. The specific epithet is frequently misspelled schwanefeldii.

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  1. Wikipedia (EN): Tinfoil barb — CC BY-SA 4.0