Barbodes rhombeus is a species of cyprinid fish native to the Southeast Asian countries of Cambodia, Laos and Thailand where it inhabits clear hill streams. This species can reach a length of 6.5 centimetres (2.6 in) SL.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Rhombic Barb being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Barbodes sellifer
- Barbodes binotatus
- Rasbora elegans
- Dawkinsia filamentosa
- Poropuntius deauratus
- Hampala macrolepidota
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Barbodes
- Species
- Barbodes rhombeus
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