Poropuntius deauratus

Poropuntius deauratus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Poropuntius which is found in coastal river drainages in central Vietnam: between the Thu Bon River in Quang Nam Province and the Quang Tri River in Quang Tri Province. There was a marked decline in this species' abundance between 2000 and 2009 when the population may have declined by as much as 80%, this decline was probably caused by overfishing. Its habitat is medium and small sized rivers and streams where it is normally found in fast-flowing, clear water and it cannot survive where these are impounded. It diet mainly consists of fine debris, algae, diatoms, and aquatic insects.^[1]

Poropuntius deauratus
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Genus:	Poropuntius
Species:	P. deauratus
Binomial name
Poropuntius deauratus (Valenciennes, 1842)[2]
Synonyms[3]
Barbus deauratus Valenciennes 1842 Poropuntius normani Smith, 1931 Poropuntius smedleyi de Beaufort, 1933 Poropuntius bolovenensis T. R. Roberts, 1998 Poropuntius lobocheiloides Kottelat, 2000 Poropuntius solitus Kottelat, 2000 Poropuntius consternans Kottelat, 2000