Biology:Striped barb
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Short description: Species of fish
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Barbinae |
| Genus: | Desmopuntius |
| Species: | D. johorensis
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| Desmopuntius johorensis (Duncker, 1904)
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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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Desmopuntius johorensis" in FishBase. October 2013 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q1826714 entry
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