''Poropuntius opisthoptera'' is a species of
ray-finned fish in the genus ''
Poropuntius
''Poropuntius'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found mainly in freshwater habitats of Southeast Asia and Yunnan in China, but ''P. burtoni'' is from South Asia. Several species have highly restricted ranges and are threatened, and a single ''P. spel ...
'' which has been recorded from a single locality in the drainage of the
Salween (known as the ''Nujiang'' in China) in
Yunnan. This species may be threatened by the building of dams.
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References
opisthoptera
Taxa named by Wu Hsien-Wen
Fish described in 1977
Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN
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