Biology:Puntius aphya

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Puntius aphya
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Puntius
Species:
P. aphya
Binomial name
Puntius aphya
(Günther, 1868)[1]
Synonyms
  • Barbus aphya Günther, 1868

Puntius aphya is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Puntius native to freshwater habitats in Java, Indonesia.[1] It is only known from a single old specimen,[1] but its validity is questionable and recent authorities treat it as a synonym of Leptobarbus hoevenii.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Puntius aphya" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
  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: 1–663.

Wikidata ☰ Q3764446 entry