''Poropuntius'' is a genus of

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fish found mainly in freshwater habitats of

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and

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, but ''P. burtoni'' is from

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. Several species have highly restricted ranges and are

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, and a single ''P. speleops'' is a

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Species

There are currently 38 recognized species in this genus: * '' Poropuntius alloiopleurus'' ( Vaillant, 1893) * '' Poropuntius angustus''

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, 2000 * '' Poropuntius bantamensis'' (

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( de), 1920) * '' Poropuntius bolovenensis'' T. R. Roberts, 1998 * '' Poropuntius brevispinus'' ( V. H. Nguyễn & L. H. Doan, 1969) * '' Poropuntius burtoni'' ( Mukerji, 1933) * '' Poropuntius carinatus'' ( H. W. Wu & R. D. Lin, 1977) * '' Poropuntius chondrorhynchus'' ( Fowler, 1934) * '' Poropuntius chonglingchungi'' ( T. L. Tchang, 1938) * '' Poropuntius cogginii'' ( B. L. Chaudhuri, 1911) * '' Poropuntius consternans''

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, 2000 * ''

Poropuntius daliensis ''Poropuntius daliensis'' is a species of cyprinid in the genus ''Poropuntius''. It inhabits China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by ...

'' ( H. W. Wu & R. D. Lin, 1977) * '' Poropuntius deauratus'' (

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, 1842) * '' Poropuntius exiguus'' ( H. W. Wu & R. D. Lin, 1977) * '' Poropuntius faucis'' ( H. M. Smith, 1945) * '' Poropuntius fuxianhuensis'' ( Y. H. Wang, D. D. Zhuang & L. C. Gao, 1982) * '' Poropuntius genyognathus'' T. R. Roberts, 1998 * '' Poropuntius hampaloides'' ( Vinciguerra, 1890) * '' Poropuntius hathe'' T. R. Roberts, 1998 * '' Poropuntius heterolepidotus'' T. R. Roberts, 1998 * '' Poropuntius huangchuchieni'' ( T. L. Tchang, 1962) * '' Poropuntius kontumensis'' ( Chevey, 1934) * '' Poropuntius krempfi'' ( Pellegrin & Chevey, 1934) * '' Poropuntius laoensis'' ( Günther, 1868) * '' Poropuntius lobocheiloides''

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, 2000 * '' Poropuntius margarianus'' ( J. Anderson, 1879) * '' Poropuntius melanogrammus'' T. R. Roberts, 1998 * '' Poropuntius normani'' H. M. Smith, 1931 * '' Poropuntius opisthoptera'' ( H. W. Wu, 1977) * '' Poropuntius rhomboides'' ( H. W. Wu & R. D. Lin, 1977) * '' Poropuntius scapanognathus'' T. R. Roberts, 1998 * '' Poropuntius schanicus'' (

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, 1893) * '' Poropuntius shanensis'' ( Hora & Mukerji, 1934) * '' Poropuntius smedleyi'' ( de Beaufort, 1933) * '' Poropuntius solitus''

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, 2000 * '' Poropuntius speleops'' ( T. R. Roberts, 1991) * '' Poropuntius susanae'' (

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, 1973) * '' Poropuntius tawarensis'' ( M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916)

References

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