''Desmopuntius'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of small freshwater

cyprinids 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 vert ...

native to

Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical south-eastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of mainlan ...

. They were formerly included in '' Puntius''.

Etymology

The name ''Desmopuntius'' is derived from the

Greek language Greek ( el, label= Modern Greek, Ελληνικά, Elliniká, ; grc, Ἑλληνική, Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, southern Italy ( Calabria and Salento), southe ...

δεσμψτης ("desmotes") meaning 'prisoner' and genus name "''Puntius''", a reference to the striped outfits commonly attributed to prison wear.

Species

According to FishBase, there are currently seven recognized species in this genus. Another species recognized as '' Systomus endecanalis'' by FishBase is placed in the genus ''Desmopuntius'' by

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, following a taxonomic review by

Maurice Kottelat Maurice Kottelat (born 16 July 1957 in Delémont, SwitzerlandC ...

in 2013.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, Supplement No. 27: 1–663.'' * '' Desmopuntius foerschi'' ( Kottelat, 1982) * '' Desmopuntius gemellus'' ( Kottelat, 1996) * '' Desmopuntius hexazona'' ( M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1912) (Six-banded tiger barb) * '' Desmopuntius johorensis'' ( Duncker, 1904) (Striped barb) * '' Desmopuntius pentazona'' ( Boulenger, 1894) (Fiveband barb) * '' Desmopuntius rhomboocellatus'' ( Koumans, 1940) (Snakeskin barb) * '' Desmopuntius trifasciatus'' ( Kottelat, 1996)

References

Taxa named by Maurice Kottelat {{Barbinae-stub