| Barbinae Temporal range: | |
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| Andalusian barbel (Luciobarbus sclateri) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Barbinae Bleeker, 1859 |
| Genera | |
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Barbinae are a subfamily of fish included in the family Cyprinidae. The earliest fossil remains of this subfamily are known from the early-mid Eocene Sangkarewang Formation of Sumatra, Indonesia, with articulated specimens of several extinct genera known.
The taxonomy for this group has not been entirely worked out as some genera historically considered within it are still considered incertae sedis with respect to being a member of the family, and may be included here, while others may be moved to other subfamilies. The most serious problem pertains to the type genus Barbus itself as most of its species (including the type) are better fits for subfamily Cyprininae. A subfamily in a similar position is Labeoninae.
Barbinae contains the following extant genera:
The following fossil genera are also known:
An alternative view common among molecular taxonomists, especially those of Chinese origin, describes the Barbinae (Chinese: 鲃亚科) as a well-supported clade consisting of at least:
And Cyprinus, cladistically speaking. Sinocyclocheilus, Cyprinus, and Carassius are known to share an allotetraploidization event, and at least one of their two subgenomes falls into "Barbinae" in this sense. A more mainstream-compatible view would be to organize these groupings as tribes under Cyprininae, such as in Yang et al. (2010).
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