| Puntigrus | |
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| Tiger barb, Puntigrus tetrazona | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Smiliogastrinae |
| Genus: | Puntigrus Kottelat, 2013 |
| Type species | |
| Barbus partipentazona Fowler, 1934
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Puntigrus is a genus of cyprinids native to Southeast Asia.1
The genus was established in 2013 to contain the "Tiger Barb" species group previously all identified as Puntius tetrazona.2
"Tiger Barb" Disambiguation
The common name tiger barbs is sometimes applied to the genus as a whole.
Furthermore tiger barb is sometimes applied to all members of the genus3, however the epithet is most commonly associated with Puntius tetrazona.
Etymology
The name Puntigrus is derived from the first syllable of the cyprinid genus Puntius and "tigrus" (to allude to the Latin "tigris" meaning "tiger").1
Species
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:1
- Puntigrus anchisporus (Vaillant, 1902)
- Puntigrus navjotsodhii (H. H. Tan, 2012)4
- Puntigrus partipentazona (Fowler, 1934)
- Puntigrus pulcher (Rendahl (de), 1922)
- Puntigrus tetrazona (Bleeker, 1855) (Tiger Barb)
Conservation status
As of 2020, the IUCN lists all five fish in the genus Puntigrus as species of Least concern.5
References
References
- 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 2015-01-06 at the Wayback Machine The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 2013, Supplement No. 27, pp. 147 & 483
- "The mystery of the aquarium tiger barb… — Seriously Fish".
- "Puntigrus anchisporus (Puntius anchisporus, Systomus anchisporus) — Seriously Fish".
- Tan, H.H. (2012): Systomus navjotsodhii, a new cyprinid fish from Central Kalimantan, Borneo. Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement No. 25: 285–289.
- "IUCN".