11 species, see text Pseudobarbus is a ray-finned fish genus in the family Cyprinidae.

The scientific name is derived from the Ancient Greek pseudes ("false") and the Latin word barbus ("beard", in reference to the barbels of barbs).

It was originally proposed as a subgenus, but has since been found worthy of recognition as a full genus.

One taxon was originally described as P. leonhardi – this, however, was a European fish for which the genus was erroneously proposed anew.

[2] Pseudobarbus contains the following species:[3] Some South African "redfin" barb were previously placed in Barbus, mainly due to a lack of taxonomic and systematic study of that huge "wastebin genus".