Barbodes manalak Herre, 1924
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
Barbodes manalak, known locally as the manalak, is an extinct species of cyprinid fish endemic to Lake Lanao in Mindanao, the Philippines. It was black on the top of the head and snout with a wide, short snout. It was dark green on the dorsum, white on the sides with a gold tint especially heavy on the belly. Fins were pale colored with a dark green dorsal fin. This species reached a length of 31.5 centimetres (12.4 in) TL. It was important to local subsistence fisheries.
Wikipedia contributors, Barbodes manalak; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T19:08:13.854000+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Barbodes manalak Herre, 1924
- Name authority
- Herre, 1924
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Barbodes
- 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
- familyCyprinidae Rafinesque, 1815
- subfamilyBarbinae Bleeker, 1859
- genusBarbodes Bleeker, 1859
- speciesBarbodes manalak Herre, 1924
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Barbodes. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Barbodes baoulan Herre, 1926 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Barbodes amarus Herre, 1924 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Barbodes aurotaeniatus (Tirant, 1885) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Barbodes bantolanensis (Day, 1914) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Barbodes belinka (Bleeker, 1860) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Barbodes bunau (Rachmatika, 2005) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Barbodes carnaticus (Jerdon, 1849) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Barbodes colemani (Fowler, 1937) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Barbodes dorsimaculatus (Ahl, 1923) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Barbodes hemictenus Jordan & Richardson, 1908 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Barbodes herrei (Fowler, 1934) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Barbodes ivis (Seale, 1910) | CyprinidaeChordata | 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 |
|---|---|
| Puntius manalak (Herre, 1924) (Herre, 1924) | 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.
- Herre, A. W. C. T. (1924). Distribution of the true fresh-water fishes in the Philippines. I. The Philippine Cyprinidae. Philippine Journal of Science, 24 (3): 249–307, Pls. 1–2. 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:KMM2. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.