Bigspot barb
| Bigspot barb | |
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| Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Barbodes |
| Species: | B. dunckeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Barbodes dunckeri (C. G. E. Ahl, 1929) | |
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Barbodes dunckeri,[1] the Bigspot barb, is a species of cyprinid fish native to Malaysia where it inhabits acidic swamps. This species can also be found in the aquarium trade.[2]
Etymology
The specific epithet honors Georg Duncker, a German ichthyologist.
See also
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Puntius dunckeri" in FishBase. October 2013 version.
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