Biology:Puntius waageni
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| Puntius waageni | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Barbinae |
| Genus: | Puntius |
| Species: | P. waageni
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| Binomial name | |
| Puntius waageni (F. Day, 1872)[1]
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Puntius waageni is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Puntius. This species is endemic to Pakistan .
The fish is named in honor of the geologist and paleontologist Wilhelm Heinrich Waagen (1841-1900), who collected the type specimen.[2]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Puntius waageni" 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 ☰ Q1104937 entry
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