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Family: Cyprinidae Minnows or carps



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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Enteromius nyanzae Nyanza barb Africa 7 SL 1960
Enteromius nzigidaherai Africa 7.9 SL 2024
Enteromius okae Africa 4 TL 1949
Enteromius oligogrammus Africa 8.2 TL 1937
Enteromius olivaceus Olivegreen ufipa barb Africa 4.8 TL 1996
Enteromius oraniensis Orange River chubbyhead Africa 8.5 TL 1943
Enteromius owenae Africa 3.7 SL 1943
Enteromius pallidus Goldie barb Africa 7 SL 1841
Enteromius paludinosus Straightfin barb Africa 15 SL 1852
Enteromius papilio Africa 2.1 SL 1979
Enteromius parablabes Africa 6.2 SL 1957
Enteromius parajae Africa 4.2 SL 1998
Enteromius pellegrini Pellegrin's barb Africa 11.7 SL 1939
Enteromius perince Africa 8.9 SL 1835
Enteromius petchkovskyi Africa 30 SL 1967
Enteromius pinnimaculatus Africa 4.1 SL 2019
Enteromius pleurogramma Africa 4 TL 1902
Enteromius pobeguini Africa 5.4 SL 1911
Enteromius poechii Dashtail barb Africa 11 SL 1911
Enteromius potamogalis Africa 12.1 1867
Enteromius prionacanthus Africa 9.2 SL 1982
Enteromius profundus Africa 6.3 SL 1970
Enteromius pseudotoppini Africa 4.5 TL 1996
Enteromius pumilus Africa 2.3 SL 1901
Enteromius punctitaeniatus Africa 7.6 TL 1954
Enteromius pygmaeus Africa 2.6 TL 1963
Enteromius quadrilineatus Africa 5.5 TL 1937
Enteromius quadripunctatus Fourspotted barb Africa 3.5 TL 1896
Enteromius radari Africa 8.7 SL 2022
Enteromius radiatus Redeye barb Africa 12 SL 1853
Enteromius raimbaulti Africa 6.1 SL 1962
Enteromius rohani Africa 14.4 TL 1921
Enteromius roussellei Africa 9 TL 1961
Enteromius rouxi Africa 5.7 SL 1962
Enteromius rubrostigma Africa 11.3 SL 1964
Enteromius ruforum Ruf's enteromis Africa 6 SL 2024
Enteromius salessei Africa 4.7 SL 1908
Enteromius sensitivus West Africa 4.1 SL 2010
Enteromius serengetiensis Africa 4.0 SL 2000
Enteromius sexradiatus Kavirondo barb Africa 5.6 SL 1911
Enteromius seymouri Africa 10.8 SL 2008
Enteromius stanleyi Africa 9.7 SL 1974
Enteromius stauchi Africa 8.5 SL 1967
Enteromius stigmasemion Africa 8.5 TL 1936
Enteromius stigmatopygus Africa 2.8 SL 1903
Enteromius subinensis Africa 3.4 SL 1965
Enteromius sublineatus Africa 8.5 TL 1954
Enteromius sylvaticus Africa 1.9 SL 1971
Enteromius syntrechalepis Africa 2.8 TL 1949
Enteromius taeniopleura Africa 9 TL 1917
Enteromius taeniurus Africa 12 TL 1903
Enteromius tanapelagius Africa 5.2 SL 2000
Enteromius tegulifer Africa 11 TL 1936
Enteromius tetraspilus Africa 5 TL 1896
Enteromius tetrastigma Africa 5.8 TL 1913
Enteromius teugelsi Africa 10.7 SL 2011
Enteromius thamalakanensis Thamalakane barb Africa 5 TL 1935
Enteromius thespesios Africa 6.2 SL 2020
Enteromius thysi Africa 6.4 SL 1974
Enteromius tiekoroi Africa 9 SL 1987
Enteromius tomiensis Africa 6.2 TL 1936
Enteromius tongaensis Africa 2.5 SL 1935
Enteromius toppini East Coast barb Africa 4 SL 1916
Enteromius traorei Africa 5.5 SL 1987
Enteromius treurensis Treur barb Africa 108 TL 1958
Enteromius trimaculatus Threespot barb Africa 15 SL 1852
Enteromius trinotatus Africa 8.6 TL 1936
Enteromius trispiloides Africa 5.8 SL 1987
Enteromius trispilomimus Africa 4.5 TL 1907
Enteromius trispilopleura Africa 4.5 TL 1902
Enteromius trispilos Africa 10.5 TL 1863
Enteromius turkanae Lake Turkana barb Africa 4.2 SL 1982
Enteromius unitaeniatus Slender barb Africa 14 SL 1867
Enteromius urostigma Africa 12 TL 1917
Enteromius usambarae Africa 2.9 SL 1907
Enteromius validus Africa 9.6 SL 2016
Enteromius vanderysti Africa 9.6 TL 1945
Enteromius vandewallei Africa 4.8 SL 2016
Enteromius venustus Red Pangani barb Africa 3.0 SL 1980
Enteromius viktorianus Victoria barb Africa 7.1 TL 1929
Enteromius viviparus Bowstripe barb Africa 7 SL 1897
Enteromius walkeri Africa 10 TL 1904
Enteromius walshae Africa 5.4 SL 2018
Enteromius wellmani Africa 8 TL 1911
Enteromius yardiensis Africa 5.3 SL 2020
Enteromius yeiensis Africa 4 TL 1926
Enteromius yongei Nzoia barb Africa 5.6 SL 1960
Enteromius zalbiensis Africa 3.5 SL 1960
Enteromius zanzibaricus Zanzibar barb Africa 9.7 TL 1868
Epalzeorhynchos bicolor Redtail sharkminnow Asia 13 TL 1931
Epalzeorhynchos frenatum Rainbow sharkminnow Asia 15 TL 1934
Epalzeorhynchos kalopterum Flying fox Asia 16 TL 1850
Epalzeorhynchos munense Asia 9.3 SL 1934
Fivepearlus yunnanensis Asia 6.3 SL 2017
Folifer brevifilis Asia 40.5 TL 1881
Folifer yunnanensis Asia 21.5 SL 1982
Garra abhoyai Asia 5.7 SL 1921
Garra aethiopica Africa 11.4 SL 1927
Garra allostoma Africa 6.3 SL 1990
Garra alticaputus Asia 7.2 SL 2013
Garra amirhosseini Asia 6.7 SL 2016
Garra andruzzii Somalian cavefish Africa 6.2 TL 1924
Garra annandalei Asia 23 TL 1921
Garra apogon Asia 1925
Garra arunachalami Asia 2001
Garra arunachalensis Asia 12.6 SL 2013
Garra arupi Asia 7.2 SL 2009
Garra barreimiae Asia 7.2 SL 1956
Garra bicornuta Asia 13.9 SL 1920
Garra biloborostris Asia 9.2 SL 2017
Garra bimaculacauda Asia 2016
Garra binduensis Asia 12.7 SL 2016
Garra birostris Asia 10.2 SL 2013
Garra bispinosa Asia 12.8 SL 2005
Garra blanfordii Africa 9.2 SL 1901
Garra borneensis Asia 11.5 SL 1902
Garra bourreti Asia 17 TL 1928
Garra buettikeri Asia 10 SL 1983
Garra caudomaculata Antakya minnow Asia 1942
Garra cavernicola Asia 2025
Garra centrala Asia 13.5 SL 2015
Garra ceylonensis Stone sucker Asia 15 TL 1863
Garra chakpiensis Asia 8.3 SL 2015
Garra chathensis Asia 2020
Garra chaudhurii Asia 1921
Garra chebera Africa 7.5 SL 2010
Garra chindwinensis Asia 12 SL 2017
Garra chingaiensis Asia 7.4 SL 2023
Garra chivaensis Asia 9.7 SL 2020
Garra clavirostris Asia 12.8 SL 2017
Garra compressus Asia 8.4 SL 1998
Garra congoensis Africa 10 TL 1959
Garra cornigera Asia 7.6 SL 2015
Garra culiciphaga Red stripe barb Asia 6 SL 1927
Garra cyclostomata Asia 15 SL 1978
Garra cyrano Asia 10.3 SL 2000
Garra dampaensis Asia 5.2 SL 2013
Garra deccanensis Asia 8.7 SL 2022
Garra dembecha Africa 13.0 SL 2007
Garra dembeensis Dembea stone lapper Africa 11 SL 1835
Garra dengba Asia 10.9 SL 2018
Garra dulongensis Asia 2006
Garra dunsirei Asia 6.8 SL 1987
Garra duobarbis Africa 6.7 SL 2007
Garra elegans Asia 4.8 SL 1868
Garra elongata Asia 11.3 SL 2000
Garra emarginata Asia 8.6 SL 2011
Garra ethelwynnae Africa 2.8 SL 1958
Garra festai Asia 1939
Garra fisheri Asia 5 TL 1937
Garra flavatra Asia 6.2 SL 2004
Garra fuliginosa Asia 18 SL 1934
Garra gallagheri Black Garra Asia 6.7 SL 1988
Garra geba Africa 8.6 SL 2007
Garra ghorensis Eurasia 10.1 SL 1982
Garra gotyla Sucker head Asia 21.5 TL 1830
Garra gracilis Asia 11 TL 1936
Garra gravelyi Asia 12 TL 1919
Garra gymnothorax Chest scaleless garra Asia 8.9 SL 1949
Garra hindii Africa 7 TL 1905
Garra hormuzensis Asia 5.3 SL 2021
Garra hughi Asia 15.5 SL 1955
Garra ignestii Africa 10.3 SL 1925
Garra imbarbatus Asia 2001
Garra imberbis Asia 9 TL 1890
Garra jaldhakaensis Asia 8.4 SL 2021
Garra jamila Africa 6.3 SL 2019
Garra jerdoni Asia 16.1 SL 1867
Garra jordanica Asia 9.6 SL 2014
Garra kalakadensis Asia 7.4 SL 1993
Garra kalpangi Asia 7.2 SL 2012
Garra kemali Ereğli minnow Asia 5.8 SL 1925
Garra kempi Asia 11.3 SL 1921
Garra khawbungi Asia 9.8 SL 2014
Garra kimini Asia 8.5 SL 2013
Garra lamta Asia 25.3 TL 1822
Garra lancrenonensis Africa 2.6 SL 1960
Garra langlungensis Asia 7.0 SL 2021
Garra lautior Asia 8 SL 1987
Garra lissorhynchus Asia 9.2 SL 1842
Garra litanensis Asia 9.8 SL 1993
Garra longipinnis Asia 5.9 SL 1977
Garra lorestanensis Asia 5.8 SL 2016
Garra magnacavus Asia 8.2 SL 2019
Garra magnidiscus Asia 2013
Garra makiensis Africa 13.5 SL 1904
Garra mamshuqa Asia 4.8 SL 1983
Garra manipurensis Asia 7 SL 1988
Garra mcclellandi Asia 17.4 SL 1849
Garra menderesensis Asia 5.4 SL 2015
Garra menoni Asia 6.9 SL 1984
Garra meymehensis Asia 7.1 SL 2021
Garra mini Asia 4.7 SL 2016
Garra minima Asia 5.3 SL 2013
Garra mirofrontis Asia 8.2 SL 1987
Garra mlapparaensis Asia 7.5 SL 2011
Garra mondica Asia 6.8 TL 2015
Garra moyonkhulleni Asia 9.9 SL 2018
Garra mullya Sucker fish Asia 17 TL 1839
Garra naganensis Asia 11.0 SL 1921
Garra nambulica Asia 7.6 SL 2005
Garra namyaensis Asia 7.3 SL 2012
Garra nana Eurasia 12 TL 1843
Garra napata Africa 7.0 SL 2019
Garra nasuta Asia 20 NG 1838
Garra nepalensis Asia 9.3 SL 2017
Garra nethravathiensis Asia 18.7 SL 2014
Garra nigricauda Asia 14.3 SL 2013
Garra nigricollis Asia 13.1 SL 2004
Garra notata Asia 5 TL 1860
Garra orientalis Asia. 20 TL 1925
Garra ornata Africa 7.2 SL 1917
Garra orontesi Asia 11.5 SL 2021
Garra palaruvica Asia 4.4 SL 2013
Garra paralissorhynchus Asia 6.7 SL 2005
Garra parastenorhynchus Asia 2016
Garra periyarensis Asia 16.0 SL 2001
Garra persica Asia 10.0 TL 1914
Garra phewakholaensis Asia 7.0 SL 2024
Garra phillipsi Phillips's garra Asia 10 TL 1933
Garra platycephala Asia 10.4 SL 1920
Garra poecilura Asia 4.5 SL 2004
Garra poilanei Asia 17.8 SL 1933
Garra propulvinus Asia 6.4 SL 2004
Garra qiaojiensis Asia 17.1 SL 1977
Garra quadratirostris Asia 10.8 SL 2013
Garra quadrimaculata Africa 10.7 SL 1835
Garra rakhinica Asia 8.2 SL 2004
Garra ranganensis Asia 12.2 SL 2019
Garra regressus Africa 12.2 SL 2007
Garra rezai Asia 8 SL 2022
Garra robertsi Asia 10.4 SL 2015
Garra roseae Asia 5.1 SL 2019
Garra rossica Asia 10.5 TL 1900
Garra rotundinasus Asia 18.5 SL 2006
Garra rufa Red garra Eurasia 14.1 TL 1843
Garra rupecula Asia 6.5 SL 1839
Garra sahilia Asia 10 SL 1983
Garra salweenica Asia 17.4 SL 1934
Garra sannarensis Africa 3.6 SL 2019
Garra shamal Asia 5.7 SL 2020
Garra sharq Asia 5.1 SL 2020
Garra simbalbaraensis Asia 9.7 SL 2019
Garra sindhae Asia 8.5 SL 2016
Garra smartae Asia 5.0 SL 2009
Garra spilota Asia 6.1 SL 2004
Garra stenorhynchus Asia 15.5 SL 1849
Garra surendranathanii Asia 14.7 SL 1996
Garra tamangi Asia 15.4 SL 2016
Garra tana Africa 10.8 SL 2007



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