Barbus is a genus of fish in the Cyprinidae family. 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)
The genusPuntius is probably still heterogeneous and will have to be revised.
It is sometimes sold for aquaria, but tends to eventually grow too large and boisterous for the average community tank.
Formerly (and more descriptively) known as Puntius hexazona, the Six-Banded Tiger Barb is one of our most attractive native freshwater fishes, and justifiably much sought after for the aquaria.
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