Carasobarbus is a small genus of ray-finned fishes in the family Cyprinidae. Its species are found around the Near East region. Like many other "barbs", it was long included in Barbus. It appears to be a fairly close relative of the typical barbels and relatives – the genus Barbus proper –, but closer still to the large hexaploid species nowadays separated in Labeobarbus. As Barbus is likely to be split up in the near future – to account for the improved phylogenetic knowledge which indicates it is highly paraphyletic in its wide circumscription –, it may be that Carasobarbus and some other closely related "barbs" (e.g. "Barbus" reinii) will eventually be included in Labeobarbus to avoid a profusion of very small genera.