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🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 4 moreBarbel Carp-like freshwater fish with distinctive mouth barbelsCarp · Rivers and lakes WorldBarb A common name for various ray-finned cyprinid fish, especially in the genera Barbus and Puntius.Carp · Rivers and lakes 🇰🇭 Cambodia and 2 moreGiant barb The largest cyprinid fish, native to major river basins in Southeast Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes 🇹🇭 Thailand and 4 moreTinfoil barb A large Southeast Asian freshwater fish known for its red fins and silvery body.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1853 🇹🇭 Thailand and 1 moreHampala barb Large predatory cyprinid from Southeast Asian rivers.Carp · Rivers and lakes 🇹🇭 Thailand and 4 moreJava barb A silvery freshwater fish farmed across Southeast Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes 🇮🇩 Indonesia and 1 moreTiger barb Active striped freshwater fish popular in home aquariums.Carp · Rivers and lakes 🇲🇲 MyanmarOdessa barb Small colourful cyprinid from Myanmar popular in home aquariumsCarp · Rivers and lakes · 2008 Southeast AsiaClown barb A spotted freshwater fish from Borneo and Sumatra.Carp · Rivers and lakes WorldLabeobarbus A genus of mid-sized ray-finned fish widely distributed in eastern and southern Africa.Carp · Rivers and lakes 🇰🇪 Kenya and 4 moreRipon barbel A large freshwater cyprinid from East African lakes and rivers.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1900 🇹🇭 Thailand and 4 moreJullien's golden carp Endangered Southeast Asian river fish with five stripesCarp · Rivers and lakes WorldStareater Small deep-sea fish with a red glowing lureOther · Deep sea WorldBlack dragonfish Deep-sea fish with infrared light and stalked larval eyesOther · Open ocean WorldPacific blackdragon Deep-sea fish with light-absorbing skin and a glowing chin lure.Other · Open ocean WorldGoatfish Benthic fish with chin barbels found in tropical and temperate waters worldwide.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1758 🇧🇷 BrazilPiraíba A massive Amazonian catfish known for its long barbels and role as an apex predator.Catfish · Rivers and lakes 🇮🇷 Iran and 3 moreMangar Large cyprinid fish of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1843 🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 4 moreStone loach A small European freshwater fish that hides under gravel and hunts at night.Other · Rivers and lakes 🇮🇶 IraqBinni A plant-eating barbel from the Tigris and Euphrates marshes.Carp · Rivers and lakes

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