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Puntigrus
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Species
Tiger Barb
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCypriniformes
- FamilyCyprinidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations429
via GBIF
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Cyprinidae
- Image
- Tigerbarbe Puntius tetrazona.jpg
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- taxon name
- Puntigrus
- taxon rank
- genus
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- "Tiger Barb" Disambiguation
- Etymology
- Species
- Conservation status
- References
Puntigrus is a genus of cyprinids native to Southeast Asia.
The genus was established in 2013 to contain the "Tiger Barb" species group previously all identified as Puntius tetrazona.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Puntigrus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.