Tiger barb

Species of fish Tiger barb Tiger barb schooling Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Division: Teleostei Order: Cypriniformes Family: Cyprinidae Subfamily: Smiliogastrinae Genus: Puntigrus Species: P. tetrazona Binomial name Puntigrus tetrazona(Bleeker, 1855) Synonyms Capoeta tetrazona Bleeker, 1855 Barbus tetrazona (Bleeker, 1855) Barbus tetrazona tetrazona (Bleeker, 1855) Puntius tetrazona (Bleeker, 1855) Systomus tetrazona (Bleeker, 1855) Tiger barb in an aquarium The tiger barb or Sumatra barb (Puntigrus tetrazona), is a species of tropical cyprinid fish. "Tiger Barb" Disambiguation The genus Puntigrus was erected in 2013 to hold several species previous identified as P. tetrazona, and members of the genus are sometimes referred to broadly as tiger barbs. Members of this genus, including Puntigrus anchisporus, Puntigrus navjotsodhii, and Puntigrus partipentazona, are similar in appearance to Puntius tetrazona, with only slight differences in stripe pattern and number of scales. Geographic Range The fish is endemic to the southern portion of the eastern slope of Sumatra in Indonesia, where