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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.
Species
Chinese Barb
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCypriniformes
- FamilyCyprinidae
Habitatbrackish, freshwater
Observations1,092
Observations recorded4,203
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 752
- With media
- 6
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Collections
- USNM, CAS, AUM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE
- Recorded in
- Myanmar, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Indonesia, India
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Cyprinidae
- Image
- Puntius conchonius.jpg
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- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Puntius
- Commons category
- Puntius
- topic's main category
- Category:Puntius
- taxon common name
- สกุลพุนชัส
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Range
- Description
- Behavior
- Taxonomy
- Species
- References
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Puntius” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.