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Tinfoil barb (Barbonymus schwanefeldii)
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Ecological Illustration of Tinfoil barb (Barbonymus schwanefeldii)
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Cyprinidae

Tinfoil barb

Barbonymus schwanefeldii

Red fins with black and white caudal stripes

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Freshwater fish
  • Asia (unspecified)
  • Fusiform
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Tinfoil barb is known around Asia as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and the largest recorded length is 35 cm.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Minnows, Carps, and Loaches
Family
Cyprinidae
Genus
Barbonymus
Water type
Freshwater
Body shape
fusiform
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