Desmopuntius

Desmopuntius is a genus of small freshwater cyprinids native to Southeast Asia.[1] They were formerly included in Puntius.[1]

Desmopuntius
Six-banded tiger barb, Desmopuntius hexazona
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Desmopuntius
Kottelat, 2013
Type species
Barbus hexazona
M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1912
Species

See list

Etymology

The name Desmopuntius is derived from the Greek language "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 seven 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]

References
  1. 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.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Desmopuntius in FishBase. February 2019 version.
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