| Desmopuntius | |
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| Six-banded tiger barb, Desmopuntius hexazona | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Smiliogastrinae |
| Genus: | Desmopuntius Kottelat, 2013 |
| Type species | |
| Barbus hexazona M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1912
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Desmopuntius is a genus of small freshwater cyprinids native to Southeast Asia.1 They were formerly included in Puntius.1
Etymology
The name Desmopuntius is derived from the Greek language δεσμψτης ("desmotes") meaning 'prisoner' and genus name "Puntius", a reference to the striped outfits commonly attributed to prison wear.1
Species
According to FishBase, there are currently eight recognized species in this genus.2 Another species recognized as Systomus endecanalis by FishBase is placed in the genus Desmopuntius by Catalog of Fishes, following a taxonomic review by Maurice Kottelat in 2013.1
- Desmopuntius endecanalis (T. R. Roberts, 1989)
- Desmopuntius foerschi (Kottelat, 1982)
- Desmopuntius gemellus (Kottelat, 1996)
- Desmopuntius hexazona (M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1912) (Six-banded tiger barb)
- Desmopuntius johorensis (Duncker, 1904) (Striped barb)
- Desmopuntius mahakamensis (Harefa, 2025) (Mahakam striped barb)
- Desmopuntius pentazona (Boulenger, 1894) (Fiveband barb)
- Desmopuntius rhomboocellatus (Koumans, 1940) (Snakeskin barb)
- Desmopuntius trifasciatus (Kottelat, 1996)
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 December 2, 2013, at the Wayback Machine The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 2013, Supplement No. 27: 1–663.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Desmopuntius". FishBase. May 2026 version.