Barbodes manalak

Barbodes manalak
Conservation status
Extinct  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Genus:	Barbodes
Species:	†B. manalak
Binomial name
†Barbodes manalak Herre, 1924
Synonyms
Puntius manalak(Herre, 1924)

Barbodes manalak, known locally as the manalak, is an extinct species of cyprinid fish endemic to Lake Lanao in Mindanao, the Philippines. ^[2] It was black on the top of the head and snout with a wide, short snout. It was dark green on the dorsum, white on the sides with a gold tint especially heavy on the belly. Fins were pale colored with a dark green dorsal fin. This species reached a length of 31.5 centimetres (12.4 in) TL. It was important to local subsistence fisheries. ^[3]

References

1. Torres, A.G.; Guerrero, R.D. III, Nacua, S.S.; Gimena, R.V.; Eza, N.D.; Kesner-Reyes, K.; Villanueva, T.R.; Alcantara, A.J.; Rebancos, C.M. (2020). "Barbodes manalak". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T18904A192626589. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T18904A192626589.en . Retrieved November 15, 2021.
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. Archived December 2, 2013, at the Wayback Machine The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 2013, Supplement No. 27: 1–663.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Puntius manalak". FishBase . October 2013 version.