Biology:Desmopuntius
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Desmopuntius | |
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| Six-banded tiger barb, Desmopuntius hexazona | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Barbinae |
| Genus: | Desmopuntius Kottelat, 2013 |
| Type species | |
| Barbus hexazona M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1912
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Desmopuntius is a genus of small freshwater cyprinids native to Southeast Asia.[1] They were formerly included in Puntius.[1]
Etymology
The name Desmopuntius is derived from the Greek language δεσμψτης ("desmotes") meaning 'prisoner' and genus name "Puntius", a reference to the striped outfits commonly attributed to prison wear.[1]
Species
According to FishBase, there are currently seven recognized species in this genus.[2] Another species recognized as Systomus endecanalis by FishBase is placed in the genus Desmopuntius by Catalog of Fishes, following a taxonomic review by Maurice Kottelat in 2013.[1]
- Desmopuntius foerschi (Kottelat, 1982)
- Desmopuntius gemellus (Kottelat, 1996)
- Desmopuntius hexazona (M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1912) (Six-banded tiger barb)
- Desmopuntius johorensis (Duncker, 1904) (Striped barb)
- Desmopuntius pentazona (Boulenger, 1894) (Fiveband barb)
- Desmopuntius rhomboocellatus (Koumans, 1940) (Snakeskin barb)
- Desmopuntius trifasciatus (Kottelat, 1996)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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. (2019). Species of Desmopuntius in FishBase. February 2019 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q15805331 entry
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