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spanner barb

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A freshwater, open-water, substrate egg-scatterer fish commonly found in the Malay Peninsula and Borneo, Systomus lateristriga syn. Puntius lateristriga.

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Etymology

See t-barb.

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10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 側條無鬚魮 /侧条无须𱇒 — fish
  • Czech: parmicka cernopásá — fish
  • Czech: parmicka cernopruhá — fish
  • Czech: parmicka pruhoocasá — fish
  • Czech: parmicka pruhovaná — fish
  • Danish: t-båndsbarbe — fish
  • Finnish: ristibarbi — fish
  • German: Schwarzbandfleckbarbe — fish
  • Malay: dokun — fish
  • Swedish: korsbarb — fish