Description

The tinfoil barb is a tropical Southeast Asian freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae. This species was originally described as Barbus schwanenfeldii by Pieter Bleeker in 1853, and has also been placed in the genera Barbodes and Puntius. The specific epithet is frequently misspelled schwanefeldii.
Family: Cyprinidae
Kingdom: Animalia
Scientific name: Barbonymus schwanenfeldii
Higher classification: Barbonymus
Conservation status: Least Concern Encyclopedia of Life
Found in: Lake Tana, Cheow Lan Lake