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Barbodes cataractae

Barbodes cataractae is a species of cyprinid endemic to the Philippines where it is known from the Cascade River and the brackish waters of Murcielagos Bay in Mindanao. This species is commercially important.

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Barbodes cataractae
Critically endangered
Critically endangered, possibly extinct (IUCN 3.1)1
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Barbodes
Species:
B. cataractae
Binomial name
Barbodes cataractae
(Fowler, 1934)
Synonyms
  • Barbus cataractae Fowler, 1934
  • Puntius cataractae (Fowler, 1934)

Barbodes cataractae2 is a species of cyprinid endemic to the Philippines where it is known from the Cascade River and the brackish waters of Murcielagos Bay in Mindanao. This species is commercially important.3

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  1. Torres, A.G.; Palla, H.P.; Kesner-Reyes, K.; Leander, N.J.S.; Ame, E.C.; Guino-o, R.S. II, Ballad, E.L.; Garcia, M.P.C.; Cecilio, M.A.F.; Gonzalez, J.C.T.; Gaerlan, R.S.P.; Reyes, A.T. (2021). "Barbodes cataractae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021 e.T18885A90996334. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T18885A90996334.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. 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 December 2, 2013, at the Wayback Machine The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 2013, Supplement No. 27: 1–663.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Puntius cataractae". FishBase. October 2013 version.