Common name | Schubert's barb |
Language | English |
Type | Aquarium |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
Country | United States (contiguous states) |
Locality | |
Ref. | Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott, 1991 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | morphology |
1st modifier | person (eponym) |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | Also used in aquarium trade industry (Ref. 7020); 'barb', from Latin 'barba', i.e., beard, via Old French 'barbe'; refers to the sensitive whisker-like projections round the mouth (Ref. 11979). |