Red tailed tinfoil

Red tailed tinfoil
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Cyprininae
Genus:	Barbonymus
Species:	B. altus
Binomial name
	Barbonymus altus; (Günther, 1868)
Synonyms
	Barbus altus Günther, 1868 ; Barbodes altus (Günther, 1868) ; Puntius altus (Günther, 1868) ; Puntius bocourti Bleeker, 1864 ; Barbus foxi Fowler, 1937 ; Barbodes foxi (Fowler, 1937) ;

The red tailed tinfoil or red tailed tinfoil barb (Barbonymus altus) is a species of freshwater cyprinid fish from South-East Asia. It lives in the Mekong and Chao Phraya river basins.

References

^ Allen, D.J.; Lumbantobing, D. (2020). "Barbonymus altus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020 e.T181084A1696544. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T181084A1696544.en. Retrieved 26 February 2026.

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Barbonymus altus". FishBase.

[IUCN-1] Allen, D.J.; Lumbantobing, D. (2020). "Barbonymus altus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020 e.T181084A1696544. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T181084A1696544.en. Retrieved 26 February 2026.

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