CHEN Xiao-yong, YANG Jun-xing. 2003: A Systematic Revision of. Zoological Research, 24(5): 377-386.
Citation: CHEN Xiao-yong, YANG Jun-xing. 2003: A Systematic Revision of. Zoological Research, 24(5): 377-386.

A Systematic Revision of

  • The genus Barbodes Bleeker is a catchall group.The species assigned to this genus in China actually belong to at least four distinct genera.After comparing all the Barbodes fishes included in this research to the system used by Rainboth,reassign Barbodes fishes in China as following:1)B.baoshanensis,B.benasi and B.heterostomus are assigned to genus Neolissochilus;2)B.parvus are assigned as Discherodontus parvus;3)B.pierrei in Yunnan is conspecific with B.vernayi and B.vernayi should be assigned to the genus Hypsibarbus as Hypsibarbus vernayi;4)the remaining Barbodes fishes,B.fuxianhuensis,B.chonglingchungi,B.margarianus,B.huangchuchieni,B.cogginii (=B.daliensis),B.rhomboides,B.carinatus,B.opisthopterus and B.exiguus are assigned to genus Poropuntius.
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