Sucker barb

The sucker barb (Barbichthys laevis) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the carps, barbs, minnows and related fishes.^[2] It is the only species in the monospecific genus Barbichthys.^[3] This species is found in southeast Asia where it occurs in Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia, in Java, Sumatra and Kalimantan.^[1]

Sucker barb
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Labeoninae
Genus:	Barbichthys Bleeker, 1860
Species:	B. laevis
Binomial name
Barbichthys laevis (Valenciennes, 1842)
Synonyms
Barbus laevis Valenciennes, 1842 Barbus brachynemus Bleeker, 1849 Barbus gobioides Bleeker, 1852 Barbichthys nitidus Sauvage, 1878

Barbichthys laevis