Biology:Bigspot barb
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Barbodes |
| Species: | B. dunckeri
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| Barbodes dunckeri (C. G. E. Ahl, 1929)
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Barbodes dunckeri,[2] the bigspot barb or clown barb, is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to the Malay Peninsula where it inhabits clear streams and acidic swamps. This species can also be found in the aquarium trade.[3] It was first discovered by Ernst Ahl in 1929.[4]
Etymology
The specific epithet honors Georg Duncker, a German ichthyologist and curator at the Zoological Museum of Hamburg (Zoologischen Museum Hamburg).
See also
- List of freshwater aquarium fish species
References
- ↑ "Barbodes dunckeri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/181206/1709446.
- ↑ Kottelat, M. (2013): The Fishes of the Inland Waters of Southeast Asia: A Catalogue and Core Bibliography of the Fishes Known to Occur in Freshwaters, Mangroves and Estuaries. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 2013, Supplement No. 27: 1–663.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Puntius dunckeri" in FishBase. October 2013 version.
- ↑ "Taxonomy browser (Barbodes dunckeri)". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=1070154.
Wikidata ☰ Q1265488 entry
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