Arabibarbus

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Arabibarbus grypus.jpg | image_caption = ''Arabibarbus grypus'' | taxon = Arabibarbus | authority = Borkenhagen, 2014 | type_species = ''Arabibarbus hadhrami'' | type_species_authority = Borkenhagen 2014 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = | synonyms = }}

'''''Arabibarbus''''' is a genus of Cyprinidae. They are medium-small to very large freshwater carps found in the Western Asia.<ref name=FishBase>{{FishBase genus | genus=Arabibarbus | month=October | year=2019 }}</ref><ref name="Borkenhagen2014">Borkenhagen, K. (2014): A new genus and species of cyprinid fish (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae) from the Arabian Peninsula, and its phylogenetic and zoogeographic affinities. ''Environmental Biology of Fishes, 97: 1179–1195''.</ref>

==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.<ref name="Borkenhagen2014"/>

There are currently three recognized species of this genus:<ref name=FishBase/>

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

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Arabibarbus Category:Torinae Category:Vertebrates of the Arabian Peninsula