Biology:Barbodes montanoi
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Short description: Species of fish
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| Barbodes montanoi from the Pulangi River, Bukidnon, Philippines | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Barbodes |
| Species: | B. montanoi
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| Binomial name | |
| Barbodes montanoi (Sauvage, 1881)
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Barbodes montanoi is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to the island of Mindanao, the Philippines . It is commonly known as pait, pait-pait, or paitan, along with other native Barbodes species. This species can reach a length of 9 centimetres (3.5 in) TL.[1][2][3] It is silvery greenish-gray in color and is characterized by a body pattern of two to six black dots or dashes (depending on the development stage). The fins are yellowish to reddish in color. The species is named after the French naturalist and explorer Joseph Montano.[3]
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). "Puntius montanoi" in FishBase. October 2013 version.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Tan, Heok Hui; Husana, Daniel Edison M. (2021). "Barbodes pyrpholeos, new species, the first cave-dwelling cyprinid fish in the Philippines, with redescription of B. montanoi (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 69: 309323. doi:10.26107/RBZ-2021-0054.
Wikidata ☰ Q1104969 entry
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