Esomus

Esomus is a genus comprising the Flying Barbs. they are closely related to the Danio genus and are distinctive for their extremely long barbels.

Species

• Esomus ahli Hora & Mukerji, 1928
• Esomus altus (Blyth, 1860)
• Esomus barbatus (Jerdon, 1849) (South Indian flying barb)
• Esomus caudiocellatus C. G. E. Ahl, 1923
• Esomus danricus (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Flying barb)
• Esomus lineatus C. G. E. Ahl, 1923 (Striped flying barb)
• Esomus longimanus (Lunel, 1881) (Mekong flying barb)
• Esomus malabaricus F. Day, 1867
• Esomus malayensis C. G. E. Ahl, 1923 (Malayan flying barb)
• Esomus manipurensis Tilak & Jain, 1990
• Esomus metallicus C. G. E. Ahl, 1923
• Esomus thermoicos (Valenciennes, 1842)

References

• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Esomus in FishBase. August 2011 version.

1. ^ "Esomus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=163676. Retrieved 2007-07-09.