Barbodes lindog

Barbodes lindog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Barbodes
Species: B. lindog
Binomial name
Barbodes lindog
Herre, 1924
Synonyms
  • Puntius lindog (Herre, 1924)

Barbodes lindog,[2] known locally as the Lindog, is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Lake Lanao in Mindanao, the Philippines where it prefers shallow, weedy waters of the bays. This species can reach a length of 13.2 centimetres (5.2 in) TL. It is commercially important to local peoples as a food fish.[3]

References

  1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Puntius lindog. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 27 November 2013.
  2. 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.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Puntius lindog" in FishBase. October 2013 version.
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