Puntius paucimaculatus

Puntius paucimaculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Barbinae
Genus:	Puntius
Species:	P. paucimaculatus
Binomial name
	Puntius paucimaculatus; Y. H. Wang & Y. Ni, 1982[1]

Puntius paucimaculatus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Puntius. It is found in freshwater habitats in China, but its validity is questionable and it may be a synonym of Barbodes semifasciolatus.[2] As a food fish it is rated 5/5 stars by the National Food Convention of China.

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Puntius paucimaculatus" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
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. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 2013, Supplement No. 27: 1–663.

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[1] Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Puntius paucimaculatus" in FishBase. April 2006 version.

[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. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 2013, Supplement No. 27: 1–663.