Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Cypriniformes
Subordo: Cyprinoidei
Familia: Cyprinidae
Subfamilia: Cyprininae
Genus: Poropuntius
Species (37): P. alloiopleurus – P. aluoiensis – P. angustus – P. anlaoensis – P. bantamensis – P. baolacensis – P. bolovenensis – P. burtoni – P. carinatus – P. chonglingchungi – P. cogginii – P. consternans – P. deauratus – P. exiguus – P. faucis – P. fuxianhuensis – P. genyognathus – P. hampaloides – P. hathe – P. heterolepidotus – P. huangchuchieni – P. kontumensis – P. krempfi – P. laoensis – P. lobocheiloides – P. margarianus – P. melanogrammus – P. normani – P. opisthopterus – P. rhomboides – P. schanicus – P. shanensis – P. smedleyi – P. solitus – P. speleops – P. tawarensis – P. yalyensis
Species uncertain (2): P. brevispinus – P. laoensis
Name
Poropuntius Smith, 1931: 14
Type species: Poropuntius normani Smith, 1931, by monotypy.
References
Primary references
Smith, H.M. 1931. Descriptions of new genera and species of Siamese fishes. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 79(2873): 1–48, pl. 1.
Additional references
Hoang, H.D., Pham, H.M., Tran, N.T., Durand, J-D., Wu, L., Pfeiffer, J., Chen, X-Y. & Page, L.M. 2024. Taxonomic revision of the Southeast Asian brook barb genus Poropuntius Smith, 1931 (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) with description of a new species from Vietnam. ZooKeys 1204: 199–222. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1204.120873 Open access Reference page.
Muhammad Rasul, A.H., Ramli, R., Low, V.L., Ahmad, A., Grudpan, C., Koolkalya, S. & Khaironizam. M.Z. 2018. Taxonomic revision of the genus Poropuntius (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 4472(2): 327–342. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4472.2.6 Paywall Reference page.
Poropuntius is a genus of cyprinid fish found mainly in freshwater habitats of Southeast Asia and Yunnan in China, but P. burtoni is from South Asia.[1] Several species have highly restricted ranges and are threatened, and a single P. speleops is a cavefish.[2]
Species
There are currently 40 recognized species in this genus:[1]
Poropuntius alloiopleurus (Vaillant, 1893)
Poropuntius angustus Kottelat, 2000
Poropuntius bantamensis (Rendahl (de), 1920)
Poropuntius birtwistlei (Herre, 1940)
Poropuntius bolovenensis T. R. Roberts, 1998
Poropuntius brevispinus (V. H. Nguyễn & L. H. Doan, 1969)
Poropuntius burtoni (Mukerji, 1933)
Poropuntius carinatus (H. W. Wu & R. D. Lin, 1977)
Poropuntius chondrorhynchus (Fowler, 1934)
Poropuntius chonglingchungi (T. L. Tchang, 1938)
Poropuntius cogginii (B. L. Chaudhuri, 1911)
Poropuntius consternans Kottelat, 2000
Poropuntius daliensis (H. W. Wu & R. D. Lin, 1977)
Poropuntius deauratus (Valenciennes, 1842)
Poropuntius exiguus (H. W. Wu & R. D. Lin, 1977)
Poropuntius faucis (H. M. Smith, 1945)
Poropuntius fuxianhuensis (Y. H. Wang, D. D. Zhuang & L. C. Gao, 1982)
Poropuntius genyognathus T. R. Roberts, 1998
Poropuntius hampaloides (Vinciguerra, 1890)
Poropuntius hathe T. R. Roberts, 1998
Poropuntius heterolepidotus T. R. Roberts, 1998
Poropuntius huangchuchieni (T. L. Tchang, 1962)
Poropuntius huguenini (Bleeker, 1853)
Poropuntius kontumensis (Chevey, 1934)
Poropuntius krempfi (Pellegrin & Chevey, 1934)
Poropuntius laoensis (Günther, 1868)
Poropuntius lobocheiloides Kottelat, 2000
Poropuntius margarianus (J. Anderson, 1879)
Poropuntius melanogrammus T. R. Roberts, 1998
Poropuntius normani H. M. Smith, 1931
Poropuntius opisthoptera (H. W. Wu, 1977)
Poropuntius rhomboides (H. W. Wu & R. D. Lin, 1977)
Poropuntius scapanognathus T. R. Roberts, 1998
Poropuntius schanicus (Boulenger, 1893)
Poropuntius shanensis (Hora & Mukerji, 1934)
Poropuntius smedleyi (de Beaufort, 1933)
Poropuntius solitus Kottelat, 2000
Poropuntius speleops (T. R. Roberts, 1991)
Poropuntius susanae (Banister, 1973)
Poropuntius tawarensis (M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916)
References
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Poropuntius". FishBase. July 2024 version.
Romero, A., editor (2001). The Biology of Hypogean Fishes, p. 18. Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes. ISBN 978-1402000768
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