Dwarf barb
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Dwarf barb is a common name of several different tropical freshwater
fish
species
, including:
Freshwater
Fresh water is naturally occurring water on the Earth's surface in ice sheets, ice caps, glaciers, bogs, ponds, lakes, rivers and streams, and underground as groundwater in aquifers and underground streams. Fresh water is generally characterized by having low concentrations of dissolved salts and...
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Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
, including:
- Dwarf BarbDwarf BarbThe Dwarf Barb is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Barbus....
(Barbus brevidorsalis) - Golden BarbGolden BarbThe Golden Barb or Golden Dwarf Barb is a subtropical freshwater fish belonging to the Cyprininae sub-family of the Cyprinidae family. It originates in inland waters in Asia, and is found in Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh. It has also been introduced to waters in Colombia. It was originally...
(Puntius gelius) - Spottedsail barbSpottedsail barbThe spottedsail barb, dwarf barb, phutuni barb, or pygmy barb, Puntius phutunio, is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the Cyprininae sub-family of the Cyprinidae family. It originates in inland waters in Asia, and is found in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar. It was originally...
(Puntius phutunio)