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: Smiliogastrinae
Genus Puntigrus
Species: P. anchisporus – P. navjotsodhii – P. partipentazona – P. pulcher – P. tetrazona
Name
Puntigrus Kottelat, 2013
Type species: Barbus partipentazona Fowler, 1934.
Etymology: Puntigrus is made from part of the genus name Puntius and tigrus, a word created to sound like the Latin word tigris (= tiger). Allusion to the barred color pattern and the common name tiger barb often used for some species of this genus.
References
Kottelat, M. 2013. The fishes of the inland waters of southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibiography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement No. 27: 1–663. PDF. Reference page.
Puntigrus is a genus of cyprinids native to Southeast Asia.[1]
Etymology
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]
Species
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[1]
Puntigrus anchisporus (Vaillant, 1902)
Puntigrus navjotsodhii (H. H. Tan, 2012)[2]
Puntigrus partipentazona (Fowler, 1934)
Puntigrus pulcher (Rendahl (de), 1922)
Puntigrus tetrazona (Bleeker, 1855)
Conservation status
As of 2020, the IUCN lists all five fish in the genus Puntigrus as species of Least concern.[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. Archived 2015-01-06 at the Wayback Machine The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 2013, Supplement No. 27, pp. 147 & 483
Tan, H.H. (2012): Systomus navjotsodhii, a new cyprinid fish from Central Kalimantan, Borneo. Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement No. 25: 285–289.
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