Poropuntius
Poropuntius is a genus of cyprinid fish found mainly in freshwater habitats of South Asia and Yunnan in China, but P. burtoni is from Southeast Asia. Several species have highly restricted ranges and are threatened, and one species, P. speleops is a cavefish.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCypriniformes
- FamilyCyprinidae
Habitatbrackish, freshwater
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Poropuntius is a genus of cyprinid fish found mainly in freshwater habitats of South Asia and Yunnan in China, but P. burtoni is from Southeast Asia. Several species have highly restricted ranges and are threatened, and one species, P. speleops is a cavefish.
==Species== These are the currently recognized species in this genus: Poropuntius alloiopleurus (Vaillant, 1893) Poropuntius anlaoensis Hoàng, Phạm & Trần, 2024 Poropuntius burtoni (Mukerji, 1933) Poropuntius carinatus (H. W. Wu & R. D. Lin, 1977) Poropuntius chonglingchungi (T. L. Tchang, 1938) Poropuntius clavatus (McClelland, 1845) Poropuntius cogginii (B. L. Chaudhuri, 1911) 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 kontumensis (Chevey, 1934) Poropuntius krempfi (Pellegrin & Chevey, 1934) Poropuntius laoensis (Günther, 1868) Poropuntius margarianus (J. Anderson, 1879) Poropuntius melanogrammus T. R. Roberts, 1998 Poropuntius opisthopterus (H. W. Wu, 1977) Poropuntius schanicus (Boulenger, 1893) Poropuntius shanensis (Hora & Mukerji, 1934) Poropuntius speleops (T. R. Roberts, 1991) Poropuntius tawarensis (M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916)