genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
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cyprinid
Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest verte ...
s native to
Southeast Asia
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Etymology
The name ''Puntigrus'' is derived from the first syllable of the cyprinid 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 ...
'' and "tigrus" (to allude to the
Latin
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Puntigrus anchisporus
''Puntigrus anchisporus'' is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Borneo
Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to maj ...
Puntigrus navjotsodhii
''Puntigrus navjotsodhii'' is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to the upper Katingan and Barito basins in central Borneo
Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic ce ...
Puntigrus partipentazona
''Puntigrus partipentazona'',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, ...
Puntigrus pulcher
''Puntigrus pulcher'' is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Borneo
Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major I ...
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Rendahl
Carl Hialmar Rendahl (born Jönköping 26 December 1891; died Stockholm 2 May 1969) was a Swedish zoologist, cartoonist and painter. He is most famous in Sweden for his authorship of ''Fågelboken'', the "bird book" which sold 60,000 copies.
Renda ...
Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").IUCN
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lists all five fish in the genus ''Puntigrus'' as species of
Least concern
A least-concern species is a species that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as evaluated as not being a focus of species conservation because the specific species is still plentiful in the wild. T ...