Barbus is a genus of fish in the Cyprinidaefamily. Barbus is also known as Puntius in some other taxonomic schemes. It is most commonly referred to as the Barb. The name comes from the fact that most of the members of the Barbus genus have a pair of barbels on their mouths which they sometimes use to search for food at the bottom of the water.
References
"Barbus." FishBase. ed. Froese, R. and D. Pauly (03/2004), URL: Barbus (http://www.fishbase.org/Eschmeyer/GeneraSummary.cfm?ID=Barbus&fromsearch=1)
"Barbus." ITIS Standard Report. (Integrated Taxonomic Information System: National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., 2004_04_28). ITIS 163618 (http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search-topic=TSN&search-value=163618)
Lambert, Derek J. Freshwater Aquarium Fish. (Edison, New Jersey: Chartwell Books, 1997), pgs. 14. ISBN 0_7858_0867_1
"Puntius." FishBase. ed. Froese, R. and D. Pauly (03/2004), URL: Puntius (http://www.fishbase.org/Eschmeyer/GeneraSummary.cfm?ID=Puntius&fromsearch=1)
Barbus fasciatus originate from Southeast Asia, and are not often seen in the aquarium shops.
George obtained the Barbus fasciatus when they were young from Bernie Halverson, and Bernie called them by the common name of Panda Barb, which when you look at them they certainly have that “Panda” appearance.
Eventually one could see that twelve of them were the Barbus fasciatus and were about 1/8-inch long, clear bodied with a fl spot on their dorsal.
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