Poropuntius deauratus
Poropuntius deauratus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Poropuntius which is found in coastal river drainages in central Vietnam: between the Thu Bon River in Quang Nam Province and the Quang Tri River in Quang Tri Province. There was a marked decline in this species' abundance between 2-000 and 2009 when the population may have declined by as much as 80%, this decline was probably caused by overfishing. Its habitat is medium and small sized rivers and streams where it is normally found in fast-flowing, clear water and it cannot survive where these are impounded. It diet mainly consists of fine debris, algae, diatoms, and aquatic insects.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Poropuntius |
| Species: | P. deauratus |
| Binomial name | |
| Poropuntius deauratus (Valenciennes, 1842)[2] | |
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References
- Huckstorf, V.; Freyhof, J. (2011). "Poropuntius deauratus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T181249A7664397. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T181249A7664397.en. Downloaded on 25 December 2017.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Poropuntius deauratus" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
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