Puntigrus

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| image = Puntius tetrazona Bleeker.jpg

| image_caption = Tiger barb, Puntigrus tetrazona

| taxon = Puntigrus

| authority = Kottelat, 2013

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

| synonyms =

| type_species = Barbus partipentazona

| type_species_authority = Fowler, 1934

}}

Puntigrus is a genus of cyprinids native to Southeast Asia.

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").

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus:Kottelat, M. (2013): [http://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/nus/pdf/PUBLICATION/Raffles%20Bulletin%20of%20Zoology/Supplements/Supplement%2027/rbz_S27.pdf 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.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106232024/http://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/nus/pdf/PUBLICATION/Raffles%20Bulletin%20of%20Zoology/Supplements/Supplement%2027/rbz_S27.pdf |date=2015-01-06 }} The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 2013, Supplement No. 27, pp. 147 & 483

Puntigrus anchisporus (Vaillant, 1902)
Puntigrus navjotsodhii (H. H. Tan, 2012)Tan, H.H. (2012): [http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s25/s25rbz285-289.pdf Systomus navjotsodhii, a new cyprinid fish from Central Kalimantan, Borneo.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203003546/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s25/s25rbz285-289.pdf |date=2013-12-03 }} The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement No. 25: 285–289.
Puntigrus partipentazona (Fowler, 1934)
Puntigrus pulcher (Rendahl (de), 1922)
Puntigrus tetrazona (Bleeker, 1855)

Conservation status

As of 2020, the IUCN lists all five fish in the genus Puntigrus as species of Least concern.{{cite web|url= https://www.iucnredlist.org/search?query=Puntigrus&searchType=species | title=IUCN.}}

References

Category:Smiliogastrinae

Category:Freshwater fish genera

Category:Taxa named by Maurice Kottelat