The barbel steed (Hemibarbus labeo) is a species of small freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found throughout the Amur basin in eastern Asia to northern Vietnam, Japan and islands of Hainan and Taiwan.

Barbel steed
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Gobioninae
Genus: Hemibarbus
Species:
H. labeo
Binomial name
Hemibarbus labeo
(Pallas, 1776)
Synonyms
  • Acanthogobio oxyrhynchus
  • Barbus labeo
  • Barbus schlegelii
  • Cyprinus labeo
  • Gobio barbus
  • Gobiobarbus labeo
  • Hemibarbus barbus
  • Hemibarbus longianalis
  • Pseudogobio chaoi

References

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  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hemibarbus labeo". FishBase. December 2012 version.