Biology:Striped barb

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Striped barb
Puntius johorensis Bleeker.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Desmopuntius
Species:
D. johorensis
Binomial name
Desmopuntius johorensis
(Duncker, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Barbus tetrazona johorensis Duncker, 1904
  • Puntius johorensis (Duncker, 1904)
  • Systomus johorensis (Duncker, 1904)
  • Barbus fasciatus Bleeker, 1853
  • Puntius fasciatus (Bleeker, 1853)
  • Puntius eugrammus Silas, 1956
  • Barbus eugrammus (Silas, 1956)

The striped barb (Desmopuntius johorensis),[1] is a species of cyprinid fish Cyprinidae native to the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, and Sumatra where it is found in the shallows of rivers, streams and ditches. This species can reach a length of 12 centimetres (4.7 in) TL. It is commercially important to local fisheries and can also be found in the aquarium trade.[2]

References

  1. 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.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Desmopuntius johorensis" in FishBase. October 2013 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q1826714 entry