spanner barb

noun

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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t-barb
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Meanings

nounspanner barb (plural spanner barbs)

plural spanner barbs

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

    Synonyms: t-barb

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
t-barb
Also see
t-barb

Origin

See t-barb.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 側條無鬚魮 /侧条无须𱇒
  • 側條無鬚魮 /侧条无须𱇒fish
Czech parmicka cernopásá, parmicka cernopruhá
  • parmicka cernopásáfish
  • parmicka cernopruháfish
  • parmicka pruhoocasáfish
  • parmicka pruhovanáfish
Danish t-båndsbarbe
  • t-båndsbarbefish
Finnish ristibarbi
  • ristibarbifish
German Schwarzbandfleckbarbe
  • Schwarzbandfleckbarbefish
Malay dokun
  • dokunfish
Swedish korsbarb
  • korsbarbfish
Cite this entry
APA

spanner barb. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spanner%20barb

MLA

“spanner barb.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spanner%20barb. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spanner barb,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spanner%20barb.

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