Carasobarbus

Carasobarbus, the himris, is a small genus of ray-finned fishes in the family Cyprinidae. Its species are found in rivers, streams, lakes and ponds in Western Asia and Northwest Africa.^[1] C. canis can reach 66 cm (26 in) in total length, but most other species are up to around half or one-quarter of that size.^[1]

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Actinopterygii

Order:Cypriniformes

Family:Cyprinidae

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Carasobarbus
Carasobarbus apoensis Carasobarbus chantrei Carasobarbus sublimus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Torinae
Genus:	Carasobarbus M. S. Karaman (sr), 1971
Type species
Systomus luteus Heckel, 1843
Synonyms
Kosswigobarbus Karaman, 1971 Pseudotor Karaman, 1971

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Like many other "barbs", it was long included in Barbus. It appears to be a fairly close relative of the typical barbels and relatives – the genus Barbus proper –, but closer still to the large hexaploid species nowadays separated in Labeobarbus. Because of the improved phylogenetic knowledge which indicates Barbus was highly paraphyletic in its wide circumscription –, Carasobarbus and some other closely related "barbs" (e.g. "Barbus" reinii) may be included in Labeobarbus to avoid a profusion of very small genera.^[2] This genus is now classified in the subfamily Torinae.^[3]