Fish Identification

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Family: Cyprinidae Minnows or carps

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No picture found Max. Length 2.7 cm SL Garra tashanensis	No picture found Garra tengchongensis	No picture found Max. Length 7.1 cm SL Garra tiam
No picture found Max. Length 13.1 cm SL Garra tibanica	No picture found Max. Length 10.5 cm SL Garra tibetana	No picture found Max. Length 13.4 cm SL Garra trilobata
No picture found Max. Length 11.5 cm SL Garra turcica	No picture found Max. Length 7.6 cm SL Garra tyao	Photo by Alavi-Yeganeh, M.S. Asia Max. Length 6.4 cm SL Garra typhlops (Bruun & Kaiser, 1944) Photo by Alavi-Yeganeh, M.S. Garra typhlops [Iran cave barb]
No picture found Max. Length 10.9 cm SL Garra ukhrulensis	Photo by Cicek, E. & S. Sungur Asia Max. Length 14.5 cm TL Garra variabilis (Heckel, 1843) Photo by Cicek, E. & S. Sungur Garra variabilis [Variable garra]	No picture found Max. Length 12.2 cm SL Garra vinciguerrae
No picture found Max. Length 5.9 cm SL Garra vittatula	No picture found Max. Length 9.1 cm SL Garra waensis	No picture found Max. Length 5 cm TL Garra wanae
No picture found Max. Length 7 cm TL Garra waterloti	No picture found Garra widdowsoni [Iraq blind barb]	No picture found Max. Length 6.6 cm SL Guigarra cailaoensis
No picture found Max. Length 21.3 cm SL Gymnocypris chilianensis	No picture found Max. Length 24.5 cm SL Gymnocypris chui	No picture found Max. Length 25.2 cm SL Gymnocypris dobula
Photo by CAFS Asia Max. Length 39.5 cm SL Gymnocypris eckloni Herzenstein, 1891 Photo by CAFS Gymnocypris eckloni	No picture found Max. Length 24.2 cm TL Gymnocypris firmispinatus	No picture found Max. Length 49.1 cm TL Gymnocypris namensis
Photo by CAFS Asia Max. Length 15.9 cm SL Gymnocypris potanini Herzenstein, 1891 Photo by CAFS Gymnocypris potanini	Photo by CAFS Asia Max. Length 48 cm SL Gymnocypris przewalskii (Kessler, 1876) Photo by CAFS Gymnocypris przewalskii	No picture found Max. Length 31 cm SL Gymnocypris scleracanthus
No picture found Max. Length 41 cm SL Gymnocypris waddellii	Photo by Timirkhanov, S. Asia. Max. Length 45 cm TL Gymnodiptychus dybowskii (Kessler, 1874) Photo by Timirkhanov, S. Gymnodiptychus dybowskii [Naked osman]	No picture found Max. Length 12.9 cm SL Gymnodiptychus integrigymnatus
Photo by CAFS Asia Max. Length 60 cm TL Gymnodiptychus pachycheilus Herzenstein, 1892 Photo by CAFS Gymnodiptychus pachycheilus	Photo by Khan, M.M. Asia Max. Length 30 cm SL Gymnostomus ariza (Hamilton, 1807) Photo by Khan, M.M. Gymnostomus ariza [Reba]	No picture found Max. Length 30 cm SL Gymnostomus fulungee [Deccan white carp]
No picture found Max. Length 15.5 cm SL Gymnostomus horai	No picture found Haludaria afasciata	Photo by Sreekantha Asia Haludaria fasciata (Jerdon, 1849) Photo by Sreekantha Haludaria fasciata [Melon barb]
Photo by Johnson, J.A. Asia Haludaria kannikattiensis (Arunachalam & Johnson, 2003) Photo by Johnson, J.A. Haludaria kannikattiensis	Photo by JJPhoto Asia Max. Length 7.5 cm TL Haludaria melanampyx (Day, 1865) Photo by JJPhoto Haludaria melanampyx	Photo by Budiman, Y. & Z. Ahyar Asia Max. Length 15.5 cm TL Hampala ampalong (Bleeker, 1852) Photo by Budiman, Y. & Z. Ahyar Hampala ampalong
No picture found Max. Length 50 cm TL Hampala bimaculata	Photo by Freyhof, J. Asia Max. Length 35 cm SL Hampala dispar Smith, 1934 Photo by Freyhof, J. Hampala dispar	No picture found Max. Length 8.5 cm SL Hampala lopezi
Photo by Freyhof, J. Asia Max. Length 70 cm SL Hampala macrolepidota Kuhl & Van Hasselt, 1823 Photo by Freyhof, J. Hampala macrolepidota [Hampala barb]	No picture found Max. Length 41 cm SL Hampala sabana	Photo by Panitvong, N. Asia Max. Length 30 cm NG Hampala salweenensis Doi & Taki, 1994 Photo by Panitvong, N. Hampala salweenensis
No picture found Max. Length 22.6 cm SL Hampala siamensis [Black-backed hampala]	No picture found Max. Length 5.9 cm SL Henicorhynchus caudiguttatus [Spotted mud carp]	Photo by Baird, I.G. Asia Max. Length 26.6 cm TL Henicorhynchus caudimaculatus (Fowler, 1934) Photo by Baird, I.G. Henicorhynchus caudimaculatus [Striped mud carp]
Photo by Vidthayanon, C. Asia Max. Length 15 cm SL Henicorhynchus entmema (Fowler, 1934) Photo by Vidthayanon, C. Henicorhynchus entmema [Notched mud carp]	Photo by Vidthayanon, C. Asia Max. Length 9.5 cm SL Henicorhynchus ornatipinnis (Roberts, 1997) Photo by Vidthayanon, C. Henicorhynchus ornatipinnis [Red-finned mud carp]	Photo by Warren, T. Asia Max. Length 20 cm SL Henicorhynchus siamensis (Sauvage, 1881) Photo by Warren, T. Henicorhynchus siamensis [Siamese mud carp]
Photo by Wei Li Asia Max. Length 39 cm TL Herzensteinia microcephalus (Herzenstein, 1891) Photo by Wei Li Herzensteinia microcephalus	No picture found Max. Length 5.7 cm SL Hongshuia banmo	Photo by CAFS Asia Max. Length 8.3 cm SL Hongshuia microstomata (Wang & Chen, 1989) Photo by CAFS Hongshuia microstomata
No picture found Max. Length 5.4 cm SL Hongshuia paoli	Photo by A. Biju Kumar Asia Max. Length 9 cm SL Horalabiosa joshuai Silas, 1954 Photo by A. Biju Kumar Horalabiosa joshuai	No picture found Max. Length 7.7 cm SL Horalabiosa palaniensis
Photo by Knight et al. (2013b) Asia Max. Length 20.9 cm SL Hypselobarbus bicolor Knight, Rai, d'Souza, Philip & Dahanukar, 2016 Photo by Knight et al. (2013b) Hypselobarbus bicolor	Photo by Vijayalakshmi, P.V. Asia Max. Length 120 cm TL Hypselobarbus curmuca (Hamilton, 1807) Photo by Vijayalakshmi, P.V. Hypselobarbus curmuca [Curmuca barb]	Photo by Wadman, S. Asia Max. Length 120 cm NG Hypselobarbus dobsoni (Day, 1876) Photo by Wadman, S. Hypselobarbus dobsoni [Krishna carp]
Photo by Johnson, J.A. Asia Max. Length 25 cm TL Hypselobarbus dubius (Day, 1867) Photo by Johnson, J.A. Hypselobarbus dubius [Nilgiris barb]	No picture found Max. Length 13.9 cm SL Hypselobarbus gracilis	Photo by AquaNet Asia Max. Length 46 cm TL Hypselobarbus jerdoni (Day, 1870) Photo by AquaNet Hypselobarbus jerdoni [Jerdon's carp]
No picture found Max. Length 19.2 cm SL Hypselobarbus keralaensis	Photo by Johnson, J.A. Asia Max. Length 32.8 cm TL Hypselobarbus kolus (Sykes, 1839) Photo by Johnson, J.A. Hypselobarbus kolus [Kolus]	Photo by A. Biju Kumar Asia Max. Length 35 cm TL Hypselobarbus kurali Menon & Rema Devi, 1995 Photo by A. Biju Kumar Hypselobarbus kurali
No picture found Max. Length 31 cm SL Hypselobarbus kushavali	No picture found Max. Length 60 cm TL Hypselobarbus lithopidos [Canara barb]	No picture found Hypselobarbus menoni
Photo by JJPhoto Asia Max. Length 90 cm TL Hypselobarbus micropogon (Valenciennes, 1842) Photo by JJPhoto Hypselobarbus micropogon [Korhi barb]	No picture found Max. Length 150 cm TL Hypselobarbus mussullah [Mussullah barb]	No picture found Max. Length 32.3 cm SL Hypselobarbus nilgiriensis
Photo by Plamoottil, M. Asia Max. Length 12.2 cm SL Hypselobarbus nitidus Plamoottil & Vineeth, 2022 Photo by Plamoottil, M. Hypselobarbus nitidus [Kerala beauty]	No picture found Max. Length 50 cm TL Hypselobarbus periyarensis	Photo by Plamoottil, M. Asia Max. Length 11.2 cm SL Hypselobarbus procerus Plamoottil, 2022 Photo by Plamoottil, M. Hypselobarbus procerus [Highland Hypselobarbus]
No picture found Max. Length 24.1 cm SL Hypselobarbus pseudomussullah	Photo by ICAR, CIFA - Peninsular Aquaculture Division Asia Max. Length 44 cm TL Hypselobarbus pulchellus (Day, 1870) Photo by ICAR, CIFA - Peninsular Aquaculture Division Hypselobarbus pulchellus	No picture found Hypselobarbus tamiraparaniei
Photo by Williams, S. Asia Max. Length 100 cm TL Hypselobarbus thomassi (Day, 1874) Photo by Williams, S. Hypselobarbus thomassi [Red Canarese barb]	No picture found Hypselobarbus vaigaiensis	No picture found Max. Length 24.5 cm TL Hypsibarbus annamensis
Photo by Baird, I.G. Asia Max. Length 40 cm SL Hypsibarbus lagleri Rainboth, 1996 Photo by Baird, I.G. Hypsibarbus lagleri	No picture found Hypsibarbus macrosquamatus	Photo by Warren, T. Asia Max. Length 50 cm SL Hypsibarbus malcolmi (Smith, 1945) Photo by Warren, T. Hypsibarbus malcolmi [Goldfin tinfoil barb]
No picture found Max. Length 23.2 cm SL Hypsibarbus myitkyinae	No picture found Hypsibarbus oatesii	Photo by Baird, I.G. Asia Max. Length 36.9 cm TL Hypsibarbus pierrei (Sauvage, 1880) Photo by Baird, I.G. Hypsibarbus pierrei
Photo by Vidthayanon, C. Asia Max. Length 35 cm NG Hypsibarbus salweenensis Rainboth, 1996 Photo by Vidthayanon, C. Hypsibarbus salweenensis	Photo by FAO Asia Max. Length 35 cm SL Hypsibarbus suvattii Rainboth, 1996 Photo by FAO Hypsibarbus suvattii	Photo by McKenzie, M. Asia Max. Length 30 cm SL Hypsibarbus vernayi (Norman, 1925) Photo by McKenzie, M. Hypsibarbus vernayi
Photo by Baird, I.G. Asia Max. Length 46 cm TL Hypsibarbus wetmorei (Smith, 1931) Photo by Baird, I.G. Hypsibarbus wetmorei	Photo by Warren, T. Asia Max. Length 60 cm TL Incisilabeo behri (Fowler, 1937) Photo by Warren, T. Incisilabeo behri	No picture found Max. Length 9.6 cm TL Kalimantania lawak
No picture found Max. Length 13.5 cm SL Labeo alluaudi	No picture found Max. Length 12.6 cm SL Labeo alticentralis	Photo by Gratwicke, B. Africa Max. Length 49 cm TL Labeo altivelis Peters, 1852 Photo by Gratwicke, B. Labeo altivelis [Rednose labeo]
Photo by Al-Mamun, Md. Abdullah Asia Max. Length 22 cm TL Labeo angra (Hamilton, 1822) Photo by Al-Mamun, Md. Abdullah Labeo angra	Photo by Mertens, P. Africa Max. Length 17.5 cm SL Labeo annectens Boulenger, 1903 Photo by Mertens, P. Labeo annectens	No picture found Max. Length 25 cm SL Labeo ansorgii [Cunene labeo]
No picture found Max. Length 5.5 cm SL Labeo baldasseronii	Photo by Jean-Francois Helias / Fishing Adventures Thailand Asia Max. Length 30 cm SL Labeo barbatulus (Sauvage, 1878) Photo by Jean-Francois Helias / Fishing Adventures Thailand Labeo barbatulus	No picture found Max. Length 56.2 cm SL Labeo barbatus
Photo by Rahman, A.K.A. Asia Max. Length 61 cm TL Labeo bata (Hamilton, 1822) Photo by Rahman, A.K.A. Labeo bata [Bata]	No picture found Max. Length 24.7 cm SL Labeo batesii	Photo by Hippocampus-Bildarchiv Asia Max. Length 30 cm TL Labeo boga (Hamilton, 1822) Photo by Hippocampus-Bildarchiv Labeo boga
Photo by Biswas, B.K. Asia Max. Length 29 cm TL Labeo boggut (Sykes, 1839) Photo by Biswas, B.K. Labeo boggut [Boggut labeo]	No picture found Max. Length 79 cm TL Labeo bottegi	No picture found Max. Length 22.5 cm TL Labeo boulengeri
No picture found Max. Length 29 cm TL Labeo brachypoma	No picture found Max. Length 35 cm TL Labeo caeruleus	Photo by Hasan, M.E. Asia Max. Length 90 cm TL Labeo calbasu (Hamilton, 1822) Photo by Hasan, M.E. Labeo calbasu [Orangefin labeo]
No picture found Max. Length 22.6 cm SL Labeo camerunensis	Photo by Crafford, D. Africa Max. Length 50 cm FL Labeo capensis (Smith, 1841) Photo by Crafford, D. Labeo capensis [Orange river mudfish]	Photo by Mair, G.C. Catla (Catla catla Max. Length 182 cm TL Labeo catla (Hamilton, 1822) Photo by Mair, G.C. Labeo catla [Catla]
No picture found Max. Length 22.1 cm SL Labeo chariensis	Photo by Warren, T. Asia Max. Length 90 cm TL Labeo chrysophekadion (Bleeker, 1849) Photo by Warren, T. Labeo chrysophekadion [Black sharkminnow]	Photo by FAO Africa Max. Length 41.5 cm SL Labeo congoro Peters, 1852 Photo by FAO Labeo congoro [Purple labeo]
Photo by Mody, K. Africa Max. Length 75 cm SL Labeo coubie Rüppell, 1832 Photo by Mody, K. Labeo coubie [African carp]	Photo by MNHN Asia Max. Length 25.1 cm TL Labeo curchius (Hamilton, 1822) Photo by MNHN Labeo curchius	No picture found Max. Length 16 cm SL Labeo curriei
No picture found Max. Length 10.8 cm SL Labeo cyclopinnis	Photo by Muséum-Aquarium de Nancy/D. Terver Africa Max. Length 16 cm TL Labeo cyclorhynchus Boulenger, 1899 Photo by Muséum-Aquarium de Nancy/D. Terver Labeo cyclorhynchus [Harlequin sharkminnow]	Photo by Seegers, L. Africa Max. Length 25 cm SL Labeo cylindricus Peters, 1852 Photo by Seegers, L. Labeo cylindricus [Redeye labeo]
Photo by JJPhoto Africa Max. Length 68 cm SL Labeo degeni Boulenger, 1920 Photo by JJPhoto Labeo degeni	No picture found Max. Length 11.5 cm TL Labeo dhonti	Photo by Raghavan, P.R. Asia Max. Length 50 cm TL Labeo dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1842) Photo by Raghavan, P.R. Labeo dussumieri [Common labeo]
Photo by Vidthayanon, C. Asia Max. Length 90 cm TL Labeo dyocheilus (McClelland, 1839) Photo by Vidthayanon, C. Labeo dyocheilus	Photo by Warren, T. Asia Max. Length 70 cm SL Labeo erythropterus Valenciennes, 1842 Photo by Warren, T. Labeo erythropterus	No picture found Max. Length 38.1 cm SL Labeo falcipinnis
No picture found Max. Length 20 cm SL Labeo filiferus	Photo by Bakalial, B. Asia Max. Length 91 cm TL Labeo fimbriatus (Bloch, 1795) Photo by Bakalial, B. Labeo fimbriatus [Fringed-lipped peninsula carp]	Photo by Ramani Shirantha Asia Max. Length 30 cm TL Labeo fisheri Jordan & Starks, 1917 Photo by Ramani Shirantha Labeo fisheri [Green labeo]
Photo by Kidane, S.G. Africa Max. Length 36 cm TL Labeo forskalii Rüppell, 1835 Photo by Kidane, S.G. Labeo forskalii	Photo by Seegers, L. Africa Max. Length 43 cm TL Labeo fuelleborni Hilgendorf & Pappenheim, 1903 Photo by Seegers, L. Labeo fuelleborni [Fuelleborn's labeo]	Photo by Stiassny, M.L.J. Africa Max. Length 13.0 cm SL Labeo fulakariensis Tshibwabwa, Stiassny & Schelly, 2006 Photo by Stiassny, M.L.J. Labeo fulakariensis
Photo by Hasan, M.E. Asia Max. Length 150 cm TL Labeo gonius (Hamilton, 1822) Photo by Hasan, M.E. Labeo gonius [Kuria labeo]	Photo by Musschoot, T. Africa Max. Length 27 cm TL Labeo greenii Boulenger, 1902 Photo by Musschoot, T. Labeo greenii	Photo by Nightingale, A. Africa Max. Length 23.1 cm TL Labeo gregorii Günther, 1894 Photo by Nightingale, A. Labeo gregorii [Gregori's labeo]
Photo by Ramani Shirantha Asia Max. Length 27.7 cm SL Labeo heladiva Sudasinghe, Ranasinghe, Goonatilake & Meegaskumbura, 2018 Photo by Ramani Shirantha Labeo heladiva [Sri Lanka labeo]	Photo by Nightingale, A. Africa Max. Length 57 cm TL Labeo horie Heckel, 1847 Photo by Nightingale, A. Labeo horie	No picture found Labeo indramontri
No picture found Max. Length 60 cm TL Labeo kawrus	No picture found Max. Length 47 cm SL Labeo kibimbi	No picture found Max. Length 24 cm TL Labeo kirkii
Photo by Sreekantha Asia Max. Length 61 cm TL Labeo kontius (Jerdon, 1849) Photo by Sreekantha Labeo kontius [Pigmouth carp]	No picture found Max. Length 12.6 cm SL Labeo latebra	Photo by Tshibwabwa, S.M. Africa Max. Length 78 cm TL Labeo lineatus Boulenger, 1898 Photo by Tshibwabwa, S.M. Labeo lineatus
No picture found Max. Length 23.9 cm TL Labeo lividus	Photo by Mertens, P. Africa Max. Length 26 cm SL Labeo longipinnis Boulenger, 1898 Photo by Mertens, P. Labeo longipinnis	No picture found Max. Length 9.6 cm SL Labeo lualabaensis
Photo by Mertens, P. Africa Max. Length 26.5 cm SL Labeo lukulae Boulenger, 1902 Photo by Mertens, P. Labeo lukulae [Red-spot mudsucker]	No picture found Max. Length 3.2 cm SL Labeo luluae	No picture found Max. Length 40 cm SL Labeo lunatus [Upper Zambezi labeo]
Photo by Mertens, P. Africa Max. Length 73 cm TL Labeo macrostoma Boulenger, 1898 Photo by Mertens, P. Labeo macrostoma	No picture found Max. Length 7.1 cm SL Labeo maleboensis	No picture found Max. Length 12.1 cm SL Labeo manasseeae
No picture found Max. Length 10.4 cm SL Labeo mbimbii	No picture found Max. Length 5.3 cm SL Labeo meroensis	Photo by FAO Africa Max. Length 39 cm TL Labeo mesops Günther, 1868 Photo by FAO Labeo mesops [Tana labeo]
No picture found Max. Length 25 cm TL Labeo microphthalmus	No picture found Max. Length 18 cm TL Labeo mokotoensis	No picture found Max. Length 38 cm SL Labeo molybdinus [Leaden labeo]
No picture found Max. Length 5.2 cm SL Labeo moszkowskii	Photo by Bakalial, B. Asia Max. Length 81.2 cm SL Labeo nandina (Hamilton, 1822) Photo by Bakalial, B. Labeo nandina	No picture found Max. Length 19 cm TL Labeo nasus
No picture found Max. Length 45 cm TL Labeo nigrescens	No picture found Max. Length 4.6 cm SL Labeo nigricans	No picture found Max. Length 25 cm TL Labeo nigripinnis
No picture found Max. Length 63 cm TL Labeo niloticus [Nile labeo]	No picture found Max. Length 29.1 cm SL Labeo nunensis	Photo by Åhlander, E. Asia Max. Length 90 cm TL Labeo pangusia (Hamilton, 1822) Photo by Åhlander, E. Labeo pangusia
Photo by Mody, K. Africa Max. Length 38 cm SL Labeo parvus Boulenger, 1902 Photo by Mody, K. Labeo parvus	No picture found Labeo pellegrini	Photo by Nightingale, A. Africa Max. Length 19 cm TL Labeo percivali Boulenger, 1912 Photo by Nightingale, A. Labeo percivali [Ewaso Nyiro labeo]
Photo by Vidthayanon, C. Asia Max. Length 80 cm SL Labeo pierrei (Sauvage, 1880) Photo by Vidthayanon, C. Labeo pierrei	No picture found Max. Length 6 cm TL Labeo pietschmanni	No picture found Max. Length 18.4 cm SL Labeo polli
Photo by Ramani Shirantha Asia Max. Length 35 cm TL Labeo porcellus (Heckel, 1844) Photo by Ramani Shirantha Labeo porcellus [Red fin labeo]	No picture found Max. Length 30 cm TL Labeo potail	No picture found Max. Length 5.0 cm SL Labeo quadribarbis
No picture found Labeo rajasthanicus	No picture found Max. Length 10.2 cm SL Labeo rectipinnis	No picture found Max. Length 5.5 cm SL Labeo reidi
No picture found Labeo ricnorhynchus	Photo by Ramani Shirantha Rohu x catla hybrid. Max. Length 200 cm TL Labeo rohita (Hamilton, 1822) Photo by Ramani Shirantha Labeo rohita [Roho labeo]	No picture found Max. Length 40 cm FL Labeo rosae
No picture found Max. Length 20.3 cm SL Labeo roseopunctatus	No picture found Max. Length 36 cm SL Labeo rouaneti	No picture found Max. Length 50 cm SL Labeo rubromaculatus [Tugela labeo]
No picture found Max. Length 30 cm SL Labeo ruddi [Silver labeo]	No picture found Max. Length 18.7 cm SL Labeo sanagaensis	No picture found Max. Length 35.5 cm SL Labeo seeberi [Clanwilliam sandfish]
Photo by Laleye, P. Africa Max. Length 65 cm TL Labeo senegalensis Valenciennes, 1842 Photo by Laleye, P. Labeo senegalensis	No picture found Max. Length 22 cm SL Labeo simpsoni	No picture found Max. Length 35.2 cm SL Labeo sorex
Photo by Win, T. Asia Labeo stolizkae Steindachner, 1870 Photo by Win, T. Labeo stolizkae	Photo by MNHN Africa Max. Length 49 cm TL Labeo trigliceps Pellegrin, 1926 Photo by MNHN Labeo trigliceps	No picture found Labeo udaipurensis
Photo by Gratwicke, B. Africa Max. Length 50 cm TL Labeo umbratus (Smith, 1841) Photo by Gratwicke, B. Labeo umbratus [Moggel]	Photo by KMFRI Africa Max. Length 41 cm SL Labeo victorianus Boulenger, 1901 Photo by KMFRI Labeo victorianus [Ningu]	Photo by Africa Max. Length 29 cm TL Labeo weeksii Boulenger, 1909 Labeo weeksii [Sicklefin labeo]
No picture found Max. Length 31.3 cm TL Labeo werneri	Photo by FAO Africa Max. Length 26 cm TL Labeo worthingtoni Fowler, 1958 Photo by FAO Labeo worthingtoni	Photo by FAO Asia Max. Length 49 cm SL Labeo yunnanensis Chaudhuri, 1911 Photo by FAO Labeo yunnanensis
Photo by FAO Africa Max. Length 40.3 cm TL Labeobarbus acuticeps (Matthes, 1959) Photo by FAO Labeobarbus acuticeps	Photo by Nagelkerke, L. Africa Max. Length 41 cm FL Labeobarbus acutirostris (Bini, 1940) Photo by Nagelkerke, L. Labeobarbus acutirostris	Photo by South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity Africa Max. Length 50 cm FL Labeobarbus aeneus (Burchell, 1822) Photo by South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity Labeobarbus aeneus [Smallmouth yellowfish]
No picture found Max. Length 19.8 cm SL Labeobarbus alluaudi	Photo by KMFRI Africa Max. Length 90 cm TL Labeobarbus altianalis (Boulenger, 1900) Photo by KMFRI Labeobarbus altianalis [Ripon barbel]	No picture found Max. Length 33.8 cm SL Labeobarbus altipinnis
Photo by Mertens, P. Africa Max. Length 30 cm TL Labeobarbus ansorgii (Boulenger, 1906) Photo by Mertens, P. Labeobarbus ansorgii	No picture found Max. Length 42 cm TL Labeobarbus aspius	Photo by Cutler, J. Africa Max. Length 16 cm SL Labeobarbus axelrodi (Getahun, Stiassny & Teugels, 2004) Photo by Cutler, J. Labeobarbus axelrodi
Photo by Brummett, R.E. Africa Max. Length 43.5 cm TL Labeobarbus batesii (Boulenger, 1903) Photo by Brummett, R.E. Labeobarbus batesii	Photo by Levin, B. Africa Max. Length 36 cm SL Labeobarbus beso (Rüppell, 1835) Photo by Levin, B. Labeobarbus beso [African scraping feeder]	Photo by Musschoot, T. Africa Max. Length 16 cm TL Labeobarbus boulengeri Vreven, Musschoot, Snoeks & Schliewen, 2016 Photo by Musschoot, T. Labeobarbus boulengeri
No picture found Max. Length 23 cm TL Labeobarbus brauni	Photo by Nagelkerke, L. Africa Max. Length 31.7 cm FL Labeobarbus brevicephalus (Nagelkerke & Sibbing, 1997) Photo by Nagelkerke, L. Labeobarbus brevicephalus	Photo by MNHN Africa Max. Length 23 cm TL Labeobarbus brevispinis (Holly, 1927) Photo by MNHN Labeobarbus brevispinis
Photo by Bursell, J.J. Africa Max. Length 82 cm TL Labeobarbus bynni (Fabricius, 1775) Photo by Bursell, J.J. Labeobarbus bynni [Niger barb]	No picture found Max. Length 53 cm TL Labeobarbus cardozoi	Photo by Mertens, P. Africa Max. Length 80 cm TL Labeobarbus caudovittatus (Boulenger, 1902) Photo by Mertens, P. Labeobarbus caudovittatus
No picture found Max. Length 16.1 cm SL Labeobarbus clarkeae	No picture found Max. Length 30 cm TL Labeobarbus claudinae	No picture found Max. Length 39 cm TL Labeobarbus codringtonii [Upper Zambezi yellowfish]
Photo by MNHN Africa Max. Length 73 cm TL Labeobarbus compiniei (Sauvage, 1879) Photo by MNHN Labeobarbus compiniei	Photo by Nagelkerke, L. Africa Max. Length 50.5 cm FL Labeobarbus crassibarbis (Nagelkerke & Sibbing, 1997) Photo by Nagelkerke, L. Labeobarbus crassibarbis	Photo by Nagelkerke, L. Africa Max. Length 49 cm FL Labeobarbus dainellii (Bini, 1940) Photo by Nagelkerke, L. Labeobarbus dainellii
No picture found Max. Length 11.7 cm TL Labeobarbus dartevellei	No picture found Max. Length 24.5 cm SL Labeobarbus dimidiatus	No picture found Max. Length 19.5 cm TL Labeobarbus ensifer
No picture found Max. Length 14 cm TL Labeobarbus ensis	No picture found Max. Length 25.8 cm SL Labeobarbus ethiopicus	No picture found Max. Length 50 cm TL Labeobarbus fasolt
No picture found Max. Length 16 cm SL Labeobarbus fimbriatus	No picture found Max. Length 17.6 cm SL Labeobarbus gananensis	No picture found Max. Length 24.9 cm SL Labeobarbus gestetneri
No picture found Max. Length 30 cm TL Labeobarbus girardi	No picture found Max. Length 61.8 cm FL Labeobarbus gorgorensis	Photo by Nagelkerke, L. Africa Max. Length 53.2 cm FL Labeobarbus gorguari (Rüppell, 1835) Photo by Nagelkerke, L. Labeobarbus gorguari
Photo by MNHN Africa Max. Length 28 cm TL Labeobarbus gruveli (Pellegrin, 1911) Photo by MNHN Labeobarbus gruveli	No picture found Max. Length 15 cm TL Labeobarbus gulielmi	Photo by MNHN Africa Max. Length 16.2 cm TL Labeobarbus habereri (Steindachner, 1912) Photo by MNHN Labeobarbus habereri
No picture found Max. Length 28.2 cm SL Labeobarbus huloti	No picture found Max. Length 21.4 cm SL Labeobarbus humphri	Photo by Nightingale, A. Africa Max. Length 48.9 cm SL Labeobarbus intermedius (Rüppell, 1835) Photo by Nightingale, A. Labeobarbus intermedius
No picture found Max. Length 18.1 cm TL Labeobarbus iphthimostoma	No picture found Max. Length 36.5 cm TL Labeobarbus iturii	No picture found Max. Length 18.8 cm TL Labeobarbus jaegeri
Photo by Seegers, L. Africa Max. Length 50 cm SL Labeobarbus johnstonii (Boulenger, 1907) Photo by Seegers, L. Labeobarbus johnstonii

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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Garra tashanensis		Asia	2.7 SL	2016
Garra tengchongensis		Asia		2002
Garra tiam		Asia	7.1 SL	2021
Garra tibanica		Asia	13.1 SL	1941
Garra tibetana		Asia	10.5 SL	2018
Garra trilobata		Asia	13.4 SL	2015
Garra turcica		Asia	11.5 SL	1971
Garra tyao		Asia	7.6 SL	2014
Garra typhlops	Iran cave barb	Asia	6.4 SL	1944
Garra ukhrulensis		Asia	10.9 SL	2015
Garra variabilis	Variable garra	Asia	14.5 TL	1843
Garra vinciguerrae		Africa	12.2 SL	1901
Garra vittatula		Asia	5.9 SL	2004
Garra waensis		Asia	9.1 SL	2014
Garra wanae		Asia	5 TL	1914
Garra waterloti		Africa	7 TL	1935
Garra widdowsoni	Iraq blind barb	Asia		1955
Guigarra cailaoensis		Asia	6.6 SL	2022
Gymnocypris chilianensis		Asia	21.3 SL	1974
Gymnocypris chui		Asia	24.5 SL	1964
Gymnocypris dobula		Asia	25.2 SL	1868
Gymnocypris eckloni		Asia	39.5 SL	1891
Gymnocypris firmispinatus		Asia	24.2 TL	1988
Gymnocypris namensis		Asia	49.1 TL	1982
Gymnocypris potanini		Asia	15.9 SL	1891
Gymnocypris przewalskii		Asia	48 SL	1876
Gymnocypris scleracanthus		Asia	31 SL	1992
Gymnocypris waddellii		Asia	41 SL	1905
Gymnodiptychus dybowskii	Naked osman	Asia.	45 TL	1874
Gymnodiptychus integrigymnatus		Asia	12.9 SL	1989
Gymnodiptychus pachycheilus		Asia	60 TL	1892
Gymnostomus ariza	Reba	Asia	30 SL	1807
Gymnostomus fulungee	Deccan white carp	Asia	30 SL	1839
Gymnostomus horai		Asia	15.5 SL	1986
Haludaria afasciata		Asia.		1990
Haludaria fasciata	Melon barb	Asia		1849
Haludaria kannikattiensis		Asia		2003
Haludaria melanampyx		Asia	7.5 TL	1865
Hampala ampalong		Asia	15.5 TL	1852
Hampala bimaculata		Asia	50 TL	1905
Hampala dispar		Asia	35 SL	1934
Hampala lopezi		Asia	8.5 SL	1924
Hampala macrolepidota	Hampala barb	Asia	70 SL	1823
Hampala sabana		Asia	41 SL	1962
Hampala salweenensis		Asia	30 NG	1994
Hampala siamensis	Black-backed hampala	Asia	22.6 SL	2025
Henicorhynchus caudiguttatus	Spotted mud carp	Asia	5.9 SL	1934
Henicorhynchus caudimaculatus	Striped mud carp	Asia	26.6 TL	1934
Henicorhynchus entmema	Notched mud carp	Asia	15 SL	1934
Henicorhynchus ornatipinnis	Red-finned mud carp	Asia	9.5 SL	1997
Henicorhynchus siamensis	Siamese mud carp	Asia	20 SL	1881
Herzensteinia microcephalus		Asia	39 TL	1891
Hongshuia banmo		Asia	5.7 SL	2008
Hongshuia microstomata		Asia	8.3 SL	1989
Hongshuia paoli		Asia	5.4 SL	2008
Horalabiosa joshuai		Asia	9 SL	1954
Horalabiosa palaniensis		Asia	7.7 SL	1994
Hypselobarbus bicolor		Asia	20.9 SL	2016
Hypselobarbus curmuca	Curmuca barb	Asia	120 TL	1807
Hypselobarbus dobsoni	Krishna carp	Asia	120 NG	1876
Hypselobarbus dubius	Nilgiris barb	Asia	25 TL	1867
Hypselobarbus gracilis		Asia	13.9 SL	1849
Hypselobarbus jerdoni	Jerdon's carp	Asia	46 TL	1870
Hypselobarbus keralaensis		Asia	19.2 SL	2016
Hypselobarbus kolus	Kolus	Asia	32.8 TL	1839
Hypselobarbus kurali		Asia	35 TL	1995
Hypselobarbus kushavali		Asia	31 SL	2016
Hypselobarbus lithopidos	Canara barb	Asia	60 TL	1874
Hypselobarbus menoni		Asia		2014
Hypselobarbus micropogon	Korhi barb	Asia	90 TL	1842
Hypselobarbus mussullah	Mussullah barb	Asia	150 TL	1839
Hypselobarbus nilgiriensis		Asia	32.3 SL	2016
Hypselobarbus nitidus	Kerala beauty	Asia	12.2 SL	2022
Hypselobarbus periyarensis		Asia	50 TL	1941
Hypselobarbus procerus	Highland Hypselobarbus	Asia	11.2 SL	2022
Hypselobarbus pseudomussullah		Asia	24.1 SL	2016
Hypselobarbus pulchellus		Asia	44 TL	1870
Hypselobarbus tamiraparaniei		Asia		2014
Hypselobarbus thomassi	Red Canarese barb	Asia	100 TL	1874
Hypselobarbus vaigaiensis		Asia		2014
Hypsibarbus annamensis		Asia	24.5 TL	1936
Hypsibarbus lagleri		Asia	40 SL	1996
Hypsibarbus macrosquamatus		Asia		1978
Hypsibarbus malcolmi	Goldfin tinfoil barb	Asia	50 SL	1945
Hypsibarbus myitkyinae		Asia	23.2 SL	1929
Hypsibarbus oatesii		Asia		1893
Hypsibarbus pierrei		Asia	36.9 TL	1880
Hypsibarbus salweenensis		Asia	35 NG	1996
Hypsibarbus suvattii		Asia	35 SL	1996
Hypsibarbus vernayi		Asia	30 SL	1925
Hypsibarbus wetmorei		Asia	46 TL	1931
Incisilabeo behri		Asia	60 TL	1937
Kalimantania lawak		Asia	9.6 TL	1855
Labeo alluaudi		Africa	13.5 SL	1933
Labeo alticentralis		Africa	12.6 SL	1997
Labeo altivelis	Rednose labeo	Africa	49 TL	1852
Labeo angra		Asia	22 TL	1822
Labeo annectens		Africa	17.5 SL	1903
Labeo ansorgii	Cunene labeo	Africa	25 SL	1907
Labeo baldasseronii		Africa	5.5 SL	1948
Labeo barbatulus		Asia	30 SL	1878
Labeo barbatus		Africa	56.2 SL	1898
Labeo bata	Bata	Asia	61 TL	1822
Labeo batesii		Africa	24.7 SL	1911
Labeo boga		Asia	30 TL	1822
Labeo boggut	Boggut labeo	Asia	29 TL	1839
Labeo bottegi		Africa	79 TL	1897
Labeo boulengeri		Africa	22.5 TL	1912
Labeo brachypoma		Africa	29 TL	1868
Labeo caeruleus		Asia	35 TL	1877
Labeo calbasu	Orangefin labeo	Asia	90 TL	1822
Labeo camerunensis		Africa	22.6 SL	1974
Labeo capensis	Orange river mudfish	Africa	50 FL	1841
Labeo catla	Catla	Catla (Catla catla	182 TL	1822
Labeo chariensis		Africa	22.1 SL	1904
Labeo chrysophekadion	Black sharkminnow	Asia	90 TL	1849
Labeo congoro	Purple labeo	Africa	41.5 SL	1852
Labeo coubie	African carp	Africa	75 SL	1832
Labeo curchius		Asia	25.1 TL	1822
Labeo curriei		Africa	16 SL	1919
Labeo cyclopinnis		Africa	10.8 SL	1917
Labeo cyclorhynchus	Harlequin sharkminnow	Africa	16 TL	1899
Labeo cylindricus	Redeye labeo	Africa	25 SL	1852
Labeo degeni		Africa	68 SL	1920
Labeo dhonti		Africa	11.5 TL	1920
Labeo dussumieri	Common labeo	Asia	50 TL	1842
Labeo dyocheilus		Asia	90 TL	1839
Labeo erythropterus		Asia	70 SL	1842
Labeo falcipinnis		Africa	38.1 SL	1903
Labeo filiferus		Asia	20 SL	2017
Labeo fimbriatus	Fringed-lipped peninsula carp	Asia	91 TL	1795
Labeo fisheri	Green labeo	Asia	30 TL	1917
Labeo forskalii		Africa	36 TL	1835
Labeo fuelleborni	Fuelleborn's labeo	Africa	43 TL	1903
Labeo fulakariensis		Africa	13.0 SL	2006
Labeo gonius	Kuria labeo	Asia	150 TL	1822
Labeo greenii		Africa	27 TL	1902
Labeo gregorii	Gregori's labeo	Africa	23.1 TL	1894
Labeo heladiva	Sri Lanka labeo	Asia	27.7 SL	2018
Labeo horie		Africa	57 TL	1847
Labeo indramontri		Asia		1945
Labeo kawrus		Asia	60 TL	1839
Labeo kibimbi		Africa	47 SL	1949
Labeo kirkii		Africa	24 TL	1903
Labeo kontius	Pigmouth carp	Asia	61 TL	1849
Labeo latebra		Africa	12.6 SL	2017
Labeo lineatus		Africa	78 TL	1898
Labeo lividus		Africa	23.9 TL	1976
Labeo longipinnis		Africa	26 SL	1898
Labeo lualabaensis		Africa	9.6 SL	1997
Labeo lukulae	Red-spot mudsucker	Africa	26.5 SL	1902
Labeo luluae		Africa	3.2 SL	1930
Labeo lunatus	Upper Zambezi labeo	Africa	40 SL	1963
Labeo macrostoma		Africa	73 TL	1898
Labeo maleboensis		Africa	7.1 SL	1997
Labeo manasseeae		Africa	12.1 SL	2023
Labeo mbimbii		Africa	10.4 SL	2023
Labeo meroensis		Africa	5.3 SL	2007
Labeo mesops	Tana labeo	Africa	39 TL	1868
Labeo microphthalmus		Asia	25 TL	1877
Labeo mokotoensis		Africa	18 TL	1939
Labeo molybdinus	Leaden labeo	Africa	38 SL	1963
Labeo moszkowskii		Asia	5.2 SL	1922
Labeo nandina		Asia	81.2 SL	1822
Labeo nasus		Africa	19 TL	1899
Labeo nigrescens		Asia	45 TL	1870
Labeo nigricans		Africa	4.6 SL	1911
Labeo nigripinnis		Asia	25 TL	1877
Labeo niloticus	Nile labeo	Africa	63 TL	1758
Labeo nunensis		Africa	29.1 SL	1929
Labeo pangusia		Asia	90 TL	1822
Labeo parvus		Africa	38 SL	1902
Labeo pellegrini		Africa		1939
Labeo percivali	Ewaso Nyiro labeo	Africa	19 TL	1912
Labeo pierrei		Asia	80 SL	1880
Labeo pietschmanni		Asia	6 TL	1930
Labeo polli		Africa	18.4 SL	1997
Labeo porcellus	Red fin labeo	Asia	35 TL	1844
Labeo potail		Asia	30 TL	1839
Labeo quadribarbis		Africa	5.0 SL	1963
Labeo rajasthanicus		Asia		1970
Labeo rectipinnis		Africa	10.2 SL	1997
Labeo reidi		Africa	5.5 SL	1997
Labeo ricnorhynchus		Asia		1839
Labeo rohita	Roho labeo	Rohu x catla hybrid.	200 TL	1822
Labeo rosae		Africa	40 FL	1894
Labeo roseopunctatus		Africa	20.3 SL	1990
Labeo rouaneti		Africa	36 SL	1962
Labeo rubromaculatus	Tugela labeo	Africa	50 SL	1913
Labeo ruddi	Silver labeo	Africa	30 SL	1907
Labeo sanagaensis		Africa	18.7 SL	1997
Labeo seeberi	Clanwilliam sandfish	Africa	35.5 SL	1911
Labeo senegalensis		Africa	65 TL	1842
Labeo simpsoni		Africa	22 SL	1943
Labeo sorex		Africa	35.2 SL	1917
Labeo stolizkae		Asia		1870
Labeo trigliceps		Africa	49 TL	1926
Labeo udaipurensis		Asia		1968
Labeo umbratus	Moggel	Africa	50 TL	1841
Labeo victorianus	Ningu	Africa	41 SL	1901
Labeo weeksii	Sicklefin labeo	Africa	29 TL	1909
Labeo werneri		Africa	31.3 TL	1929
Labeo worthingtoni		Africa	26 TL	1958
Labeo yunnanensis		Asia	49 SL	1911
Labeobarbus acuticeps		Africa	40.3 TL	1959
Labeobarbus acutirostris		Africa	41 FL	1940
Labeobarbus aeneus	Smallmouth yellowfish	Africa	50 FL	1822
Labeobarbus alluaudi		Africa	19.8 SL	1909
Labeobarbus altianalis	Ripon barbel	Africa	90 TL	1900
Labeobarbus altipinnis		Africa	33.8 SL	1973
Labeobarbus ansorgii		Africa	30 TL	1906
Labeobarbus aspius		Africa	42 TL	1912
Labeobarbus axelrodi		Africa	16 SL	2004
Labeobarbus batesii		Africa	43.5 TL	1903
Labeobarbus beso	African scraping feeder	Africa	36 SL	1835
Labeobarbus boulengeri		Africa	16 TL	2016
Labeobarbus brauni		Africa	23 TL	1935
Labeobarbus brevicephalus		Africa	31.7 FL	1997
Labeobarbus brevispinis		Africa	23 TL	1927
Labeobarbus bynni	Niger barb	Africa	82 TL	1775
Labeobarbus cardozoi		Africa	53 TL	1912
Labeobarbus caudovittatus		Africa	80 TL	1902
Labeobarbus clarkeae		Africa	16.1 SL	1984
Labeobarbus claudinae		Africa	30 TL	1990
Labeobarbus codringtonii	Upper Zambezi yellowfish	Africa	39 TL	1908
Labeobarbus compiniei		Africa	73 TL	1879
Labeobarbus crassibarbis		Africa	50.5 FL	1997
Labeobarbus dainellii		Africa	49 FL	1940
Labeobarbus dartevellei		Africa	11.7 TL	1945
Labeobarbus dimidiatus		Africa	24.5 SL	1998
Labeobarbus ensifer		Africa	19.5 TL	1910
Labeobarbus ensis		Africa	14 TL	1910
Labeobarbus ethiopicus		Africa	25.8 SL	1939
Labeobarbus fasolt		Africa	50 TL	1914
Labeobarbus fimbriatus		Africa	16 SL	1926
Labeobarbus gananensis		Africa	17.6 SL	1895
Labeobarbus gestetneri		Africa	24.9 SL	1979
Labeobarbus girardi		Africa	30 TL	1910
Labeobarbus gorgorensis		Africa	61.8 FL	1940
Labeobarbus gorguari		Africa	53.2 FL	1835
Labeobarbus gruveli		Africa	28 TL	1911
Labeobarbus gulielmi		Africa	15 TL	1910
Labeobarbus habereri		Africa	16.2 TL	1912
Labeobarbus huloti		Africa	28.2 SL	1976
Labeobarbus humphri		Africa	21.4 SL	1976
Labeobarbus intermedius		Africa	48.9 SL	1835
Labeobarbus iphthimostoma		Africa	18.1 TL	1973
Labeobarbus iturii		Africa	36.5 TL	1929
Labeobarbus jaegeri		Africa	18.8 TL	1930
Labeobarbus johnstonii		Africa	50 SL	1907

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