Arabibarbus

Arabibarbus is a genus of Cyprinidae. They are medium-small to very large freshwater carps found in the Western Asia.^[1][2]

Arabibarbus
Arabibarbus grypus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Torinae
Genus:	Arabibarbus Borkenhagen, 2014
Type species
Arabibarbus hadhrami Borkenhagen 2014

Species

The taxonomic position of these species has historically caused considerable confusion and they were formerly placed in Barbus or Tor, although the species described in 2014 was placed in Arabibarbus from the beginning.^[2]

There are currently three recognized species of this genus:^[1]

• Arabibarbus arabicus (Trewavas, 1941)
• Arabibarbus hadhrami Borkenhagen, 2014
• Arabibarbus grypus (Heckel, 1843) (Shirbot)