| Nombre común | Sumatra barb |
| Lengua | English |
| Tipo | Aquarium |
| Nombre comercial oficial | No |
| Fila | 3 - (Other common name) |
| País | United States (contiguous states) |
| Localidad | |
| Referencia | Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott, 1991 |
| Estadio de desarrollo | juveniles and adults |
| Sexo | females and males |
| Base | morphology |
| Primer modificador | locality/area |
| Segundo modificador | |
| Observaciones | Also used as aquarium trade name (Ref. 7020); 'barb', from Latin 'barba', i.e., beard, via Old French 'barbe'; refers to the sensitive whisker-like projections round the mouth (Ref. 11979). |