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Genus of fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Puntigrus is a genus of cyprinids native to Southeast Asia.[1]
Puntigrus | |
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Tiger barb, Puntigrus tetrazona | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Barbinae |
Genus: | Puntigrus Kottelat, 2013 |
Type species | |
Barbus partipentazona Fowler, 1934 |
The name Puntigrus is derived from the first syllable of the cyprinid genus Puntius and "tigrus" (to allude to the Latin "tigris" meaning "tiger").[1]
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[1]
As of 2020, the IUCN lists all five fish in the genus Puntigrus as species of Least concern.[3]
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