Barbodes snyderi

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Snyder's barb
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Barbodes
Species:B. snyderi
Binomial name
Barbodes snyderi
(Ōshima, 1919)
Synonyms

Puntius snyderiŌshima, 1919

Barbodes snyderi (common name: Snyder's barb ) is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Taiwan. [1] [2] [3] It grows to 9 cm (3.5 in) length. It is also used as an aquarium fish. [3]

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References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Barbodes snyderi" in FishBase . October 2015 version.
  2. Eschmeyer, W. N. and R. Fricke (eds) (4 January 2016). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 K. T. Shao. "Puntius snyderi". The Fish Database of Taiwan. WWW Web electronic publication. Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. Retrieved 23 January 2016.