Hemibarbus maculatus Bleeker, 1871
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The spotted steed (Hemibarbus maculatus) is a species of small freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found throughout the Amur basin in eastern Asia to China, the Korean peninsula, and Japan. The generic name, Hemibarbus, is a combination of Ancient Greek hemi, meaning "half", and Barbus, which is another cyprinid genus. The specific name, maculatus, means "spotted" in latin.
Wikipedia contributors, Spotted steed; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T22:45:41.733187+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Hemibarbus maculatus Bleeker, 1871
- Name authority
- Bleeker, 1871
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Gobionidae
- Genus
- Hemibarbus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCypriniformes
- familyGobionidae Bleeker, 1863
- genusHemibarbus Bleeker, 1860
- speciesHemibarbus maculatus Bleeker, 1871
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Hemibarbus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Hemibarbus lehoai Nguyen, 2001 | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemibarbus longirostris (Regan, 1908) | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemibarbus macracanthus Lu, Luo & Chen, 1977 | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemibarbus mylodon (Berg, 1907) | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemibarbus qianjiangensis Yu, 1990 | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemibarbus umbrifer (Lin, 1931) | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemibarbus medius Yue, 1995 | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemibarbus songloensis Nguyen, 2001 | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemibarbus brevipennus Yue, 1995 | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemibarbus labeo (Pallas, 1776) | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemibarbus thacmoensis Nguyen, 2001 | GobionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Hemibarbus joiteni Jordan & Starks, 1904 Jordan & Starks, 1904 | synonym |
| Hemibarbus longibarbis Fang, 1938 Fang, 1938 | synonym |
| Hemibarbus labeo maculatus Bleeker, 1871 Bleeker, 1871 | synonym |
| Barbus semibarbus Günther, 1889 Günther, 1889 | synonym |
| Acanthogobio paltschevskii Nikolskii, 1903 Nikolskii, 1903 | synonym |
| Gobiobarbus labeo maculatus (Bleeker, 1871) (Bleeker, 1871) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Bleeker, P. (1871). Mémoire sur les cyprinoïdes de Chine. Verhandelingen Der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen (Amsterdam), v. 12 (art. 2): 1–91, Pls. 1–14. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3KLQ9. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.