Sucker barb
Species of fish
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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]
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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) | |
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