Biology:Puntigrus
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Puntigrus | |
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| Tiger barb, Puntigrus tetrazona | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Barbinae |
| Genus: | Puntigrus Kottelat, 2013 |
| Type species | |
| Barbus partipentazona Fowler, 1934
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Puntigrus is a genus of cyprinids native to Southeast Asia.[1]
Etymology
The name Puntigrus is derived from the first syllable of the cyprinid genus Puntius and "tigrus" (to allude to the Latin "tigris" meaning "tiger").[1]
Species
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Puntigrus anchisporus (Vaillant, 1902)
- Puntigrus navjotsodhii (H. H. Tan, 2012)[2]
- Puntigrus partipentazona (Fowler, 1934)
- Puntigrus pulcher (Rendahl (de), 1922)
- Puntigrus tetrazona (Bleeker, 1855)
Conservation status
As of 2020, the IUCN lists all five fish in the genus Puntigrus as species of Least concern.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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, pp. 147 & 483
- ↑ Tan, H.H. (2012): Systomus navjotsodhii, a new cyprinid fish from Central Kalimantan, Borneo. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement No. 25: 285–289.
- ↑ "IUCN.". https://www.iucnredlist.org/search?query=Puntigrus&searchType=species.
Wikidata ☰ Q15622030 entry
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