''Puntius deccanensis'', the ''Deccan barb'', is a critically endangered species of

ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or hor ...

in the genus

Puntius ''Puntius'' is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae native to South Asia and Mainland Southeast Asia, as well as Taiwan. Many species formerly placed in ''Puntius'' have been moved to other genera such as ''Barbodes'', ''Daw ...

. It is endemic to the Northern Western Ghats in India.

References

Deccan barb Freshwater fish of India Fauna of the Western Ghats Deccan barb {{puntius-stub