Cyclocheilichthys is the valid name for the genus that includes Barbus apogon Valenciennes. Cyclocheilichthys has precedence over Anematichthys, which is a simultaneous objective synonym. If C. enoplos is considered not to be congeneric with C. apogon, the valid name for a genus that includes it is Cyclocheilos.

a survey on endo-parasitic infections on barboid fishes of south- west of iran (khouzestan province) was carried out from spring 2007 to atumn 2009. altogether 296 specimens from five different fish species were examined, they are barbus grypus heckel, 1843; barbus sharpeyi günther, 1874; barbus esocinus heckel, 1843; barbus barbulus heckel, 1849 and barbus pectoralis heckel 1843. the fishes we...

This study evaluated whether the African cyprinid Barbus neumayeri from Rwembaita Swamp (low-oxygen) and Njuguta River (high-oxygen) in the Kibale National Park, Uganda differed in traits related to aerobic and anaerobic metabolic potential. Haematocrit was measured as an index of blood oxygen-carrying capacity, and tissue activities and isozyme composition of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) were m...