Puntius
Sign in to savePuntius is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae native to South Asia and Mainland Southeast Asia, as well as Taiwan.
Taxonomy · GBIF
Chinese Barb
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- OrderCypriniformes
- FamilyCyprinidae
Observations1,092
Groupactinopterygii
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- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Cyprinidae
- Image
- Puntius conchonius.jpg
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- Behavior
- Taxonomy
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Puntius is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae native to South Asia and Mainland Southeast Asia, as well as Taiwan.
Many species formerly placed in Puntius have been moved to other genera such as Barbodes, Dawkinsia, Desmopuntius, Haludaria, Oliotius, Pethia, Puntigrus, Sahyadria and Systomus.