Biology:Dharna barb
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Barbinae |
| Genus: | Puntius |
| Species: | P. fraseri
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| Puntius fraseri (Hora & Misra, 1938)[2]
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The Dharna barb (Puntius fraseri) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Puntius. It is endemic to India .
The fish is named in honor of amateur herpetologist Albert Glen Leslie Fraser (1887-?), who collected the type specimen and supplied the authors with Bhil names of Deolali (India) fishes.[3]
References
- ↑ Dahanukar, N. (2011). "Puntius fraseri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T172463A6897234. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T172463A6897234.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/172463/6897234. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Puntius fraseri" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
- ↑ "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily SMILIOGASTRINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/cypriniformes9/.
Wikidata ☰ Q1103855 entry
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