Poropuntius krempfi

Poropuntius krempfi is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Poropuntius from the Red River drainage in Vietnam and Yunnan, and from the Ma River drainage in Vietnam and Laos.^[1]

Poropuntius krempfi
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Genus:	Poropuntius
Species:	P. krempfi
Binomial name
Poropuntius krempfi (Pellegrin & Chevey, 1934)[2]
Synonyms[3]
Barbus krempfi Pellegrin & Chevey, 1934 Acrossocheilus krempfi (Pellegrin & Chevey, 1934) Lissochilus krempfi (Pellegrin & Chevey, 1934) Barbus annamensis Pellegrin & Chevey, 1936 Lissochilus annamensis (Pellegrin & Chevey 1936) Hypsibarbus annamensis (Pellegrin & Chevey 1936) Lissochilus macrosquamatus Đ. Y. Mai 1978 Hypsibarbus macrosquamatus (Đ. Y. Mai, 1979)

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of French marine biologist Armand Krempf (1879–?), it was he who supplied the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (Paris) with many specimens from Indo-China.^[4]