Barbus

Barbus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. The type species of Barbus is the common barbel, first described as Cyprinus barbus and now named Barbus barbus. Barbus is the namesake genus of the subfamily Barbinae, but given their relationships, that taxon is better included in the Cyprininae at least for the largest part.

Barbus

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
CyprinidaePBDB
Diet
omnivorePBDB, for Cypriniformes
Life habit
nektonicPBDB, for Cypriniformes
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Cypriniformes
Environment
freshwaterPBDB, for Cypriniformes

Time the record covers

At least 27 million years on record.

The record covers at least 27.3 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 33.9 Mya to 0 Mya.

Eocene — about 0 of 66 occurrencesOligocene — about 1 of 66 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 18 of 66 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 12 of 66 occurrencesPleistocene — about 32 of 66 occurrences35–33 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences33–32 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences32–31 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences31–30 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences30–29 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences29–28 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences28–27 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences20–18 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 3 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 4 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 2 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences12–10 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences10–9.2 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences9.2–8.1 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences8.1–6.9 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences6.9–5.8 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences5.8–4.6 Mya — about 2 occurrences4.6–3.5 Mya — about 5 occurrences3.5–2.3 Mya — about 9 occurrences2.3–1.2 Mya — about 14 occurrences1.2–0 Mya — about 17 occurrences27.3 Mya11.7 ka34.6 Mya0 Mya

66 occurrences of Barbus on record, most of them in the Pleistocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

66 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

17 formations

Koobi Fora — 3.90°N, 36.24°EKoobi Fora — 3.98°N, 36.32°EKoobi Fora — 4.07°N, 36.37°EKoobi Fora — 3.87°N, 36.37°EKoobi Fora — 3.89°N, 36.29°EKoobi Fora — 3.70°N, 36.32°EKoobi Fora — 4.31°N, 36.28°EKoobi Fora — 4.31°N, 36.22°EKoobi Fora — 4.09°N, 36.31°EKoobi Fora — 4.15°N, 36.40°EUpper Freshwater Molasse — 48.44°N, 11.04°EUpper Freshwater Molasse — 48.16°N, 10.11°ENachukui — 2.90°N, 36.05°ENkondo — 1.50°N, 31.00°ENyabusosi/Rwebeshingo — 1.00°N, 30.50°EShanwang — 36.52°N, 118.54°ELaa — 48.37°N, 16.35°EGabal Silsila — 24.43°N, 32.95°EMuluk — 30.42°N, 30.25°EShungura — 5.06°N, 36.03°ENyabusosi — 1.00°N, 30.50°ELatamne — 35.13°N, 36.75°EBeglia — 34.00°N, 8.00°EVille — 50.90°N, 6.45°EDam — 25.98°N, 49.39°ECromer Forest Bed — 52.94°N, 1.25°EYalakdere — 40.61°N, 29.25°E

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The named rock units Barbus has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 26 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Barbus and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Barbus and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

987 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 61 sites for Barbus, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

39 references

Each of the 66 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 27 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content3

Picture of Barbus

Credit
nobody named on the record
Licence
not stated by the source
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record

CT scan

Licence
In Copyright
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record
Specimen
Barbus barbus · AUM:AUM:32176

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC0 Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Cuvier and Cloquet 1816