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Namaquab barb

species of fish

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionAug 5, 2026
Entity authorityQ116178977 ↗
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The Namaquab barb (Namaquacypris hospes) is a species of cyprinid fish. It is the only species in the genus Namaquacypris.

It is found in Namibia and South Africa. River regulation in the Orange River system may have benefited this species.

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The public source identifies “Namaquab barb” as species of fish. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Namaquab, barb and species.

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This entry incorporates text from “Namaquab barb” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.