Genus of fishes
| Barilius
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain:
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Eukaryota
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Chordata
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| Class:
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Actinopterygii
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| Order:
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Cypriniformes
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| Family:
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Cyprinidae
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| Subfamily:
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Danioninae
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| Genus:
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Barilius
F. Hamilton, 1822
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| Type species
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Cyprinus barila
F. Hamilton, 1822
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| Synonyms
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Bendilisis Bleeker, 1860
Chedrus Swainson, 1839
Pachystomus Heckel, 1843
Pelotrophus Günther, 1864
Pteropsarion Günther, 1868
Sagittabarilius Fowler, 1936
Schacra Günther, 1868
Shacra Bleeker, 1860
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Barilius is a large genus of cyprinid freshwater fishes native to Asia. Four species in this genus have been described since 2012, although three have since been reallocated to Opsarius, which was formerly a group within this genus before elevation to full genus.
Species
There are currently 12 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Barilius barila (F. Hamilton, 1822)
- Barilius borneensis T. R. Roberts, 1989
- Barilius caudiocellatus X. L. Chu, 1984
- Barilius evezardi F. Day, 1872
- Barilius huahinensis Fowler, 1934 (possibly junior synonym of Opsarius koratensis)
- Barilius mesopotamicus L. S. Berg, 1932
- Barilius modestus F. Day, 1872
- Barilius naseeri Mirza, Rafiq & F. A. Awan, 1986
- Barilius pakistanicus Mirza & Sadiq, 1978
- Barilius ponticulus (H. M. Smith, 1945)
- Barilius torsai Kumari, Munivenkatappa, Sinha, Borah & Das, 2019
- Barilius vagra (F. Hamilton, 1822)
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