Desmopuntius

Desmopuntius
Six-banded tiger barb, Desmopuntius hexazona
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Smiliogastrinae
Genus:	Desmopuntius Kottelat, 2013
Type species
Barbus hexazona M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1912
Species
See list

Desmopuntius is a genus of small freshwater cyprinids native to Southeast Asia. ^[1] They were formerly included in Puntius . ^[1]

Etymology

The name Desmopuntius is derived from the Greek language δεσμψτης ("desmotes") meaning 'prisoner' and genus name "Puntius", a reference to the striped outfits commonly attributed to prison wear. ^[1]

Species

According to FishBase, there are currently seven recognized species in this genus. ^[2] Another species recognized as Systomus endecanalis by FishBase is placed in the genus Desmopuntius by Catalog of Fishes, following a taxonomic review by Maurice Kottelat in 2013. ^[1]

• Desmopuntius endecanalis (T. R. Roberts, 1989)
• Desmopuntius foerschi (Kottelat, 1982)
• Desmopuntius gemellus (Kottelat, 1996)
• Desmopuntius hexazona (M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1912) (Six-banded tiger barb)
• Desmopuntius johorensis (Duncker, 1904) (Striped barb)
• Desmopuntius pentazona (Boulenger, 1894) (Fiveband barb)
• Desmopuntius rhomboocellatus (Koumans, 1940) (Snakeskin barb)
• Desmopuntius trifasciatus (Kottelat, 1996)

References

1. 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.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Desmopuntius". FishBase . February 2019 version.