Hypselobarbus facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Hypselobarbus
Hypselobarbus mussullah
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Genus:	Hypselobarbus Bleeker, 1860
Type species
Barbus musullah Sykes, 1839
Synonyms
Gonoproktopterus Bleeker, 1860

Hypselobarbus is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae endemic to India.

Species

There are currently 26 recognized species in this genus:

• Hypselobarbus basavarajai Arunachalam, Chinnaraja & Mayden, 2016
• Hypselobarbus bicolor Knight, A. Rai, D'souza, Philip & Dahanukar, 2016
• Hypselobarbus canarensis (Jerdon, 1849)
• Hypselobarbus carnaticus (Carnatic carp) (Jerdon, 1849)
• Hypselobarbus curmuca (Curmuca barb) (F. Hamilton, 1807)
• Hypselobarbus dobsoni (Krishna carp) (F. Day, 1876)
• Hypselobarbus dubius (Nilgiris barb) (F. Day, 1867)
• Hypselobarbus gracilis (Jerdon, 1849)
• Hypselobarbus jerdoni (Jerdon's carp) (F. Day, 1870)
• Hypselobarbus keralaensis Arunachalam, Chinnaraja & Mayden, 2016
• Hypselobarbus kolus (Sykes, 1839)
• Hypselobarbus kurali Menon & Rema Devi, 1995
• Hypselobarbus kushavali Arunachalam, Chinnaraja, Sivakumar & Mayden, 2016
• Hypselobarbus lithopidos (F. Day, 1874)
• Hypselobarbus maciveri (Annandale, 1919)
• Hypselobarbus menoni Arunachalam, Chinnaraja, Chandran & Mayden, 2014
• Hypselobarbus micropogon (Korhi barb) (Valenciennes, 1842)
• Hypselobarbus mussullah (Sykes, 1839)
• Hypselobarbus nasutus Arunachalam, Chinnaraja & Mayden, 2016
• Hypselobarbus nilgiriensis Arunachalam, Chinnaraja & Mayden, 2016
• Hypselobarbus nitidus Plamoottil & Vineeth, 2022 (Kerala Beauty)
• Hypselobarbus periyarensis (B. S. Raj, 1941)
• Hypselobarbus pseudomussullah Arunachalam, Chinnaraja & Mayden, 2016
• Hypselobarbus pulchellus (F. Day, 1870)
• Hypselobarbus tamiraparaniei Arunachalam, Chinnaraja, Chandran & Mayden, 2014
• Hypselobarbus thomassi (F. Day, 1874)
• Hypselobarbus vaigaiensis Arunachalam, Chinnaraja, Chandran & Mayden, 2014