Poropuntius

Poropuntius
	Poropuntius huguenini
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Cyprininae
Genus:	Poropuntius ; H. M. Smith, 1931
Type species
	Poropuntius normani ; H. M. Smith, 1931

Last updated January 22, 2026

Poropuntius is a genus of cyprinid fish found mainly in freshwater habitats of South Asia and Yunnan in China, but P. burtoni is from Southeast Asia.^[2] Several species have highly restricted ranges and are threatened, and one species, P. speleops is a cavefish.^[3]

Species

These are the currently recognized species in this genus:^[4]

Poropuntius alloiopleurus (Vaillant, 1893)
Poropuntius anlaoensis Hoàng, Phạm & Trần, 2024
Poropuntius burtoni (Mukerji, 1933)
Poropuntius carinatus (H. W. Wu & R. D. Lin, 1977)
Poropuntius chonglingchungi (T. L. Tchang, 1938)
Poropuntius clavatus (McClelland, 1845)
Poropuntius cogginii (B. L. Chaudhuri, 1911)
Poropuntius deauratus (Valenciennes, 1842)
Poropuntius exiguus (H. W. Wu & R. D. Lin, 1977)
Poropuntius faucis (H. M. Smith, 1945)
Poropuntius fuxianhuensis (Y. H. Wang, D. D. Zhuang & L. C. Gao, 1982)
Poropuntius genyognathus T. R. Roberts, 1998
Poropuntius hampaloides (Vinciguerra, 1890)
Poropuntius hathe T. R. Roberts, 1998
Poropuntius heterolepidotus T. R. Roberts, 1998.
Poropuntius huangchuchieni (T. L. Tchang, 1962)
Poropuntius kontumensis (Chevey, 1934)
Poropuntius krempfi (Pellegrin & Chevey, 1934)
Poropuntius laoensis (Günther, 1868)
Poropuntius margarianus (J. Anderson, 1879)
Poropuntius melanogrammus T. R. Roberts, 1998
Poropuntius opisthopterus (H. W. Wu, 1977)
Poropuntius schanicus (Boulenger, 1893)
Poropuntius shanensis (Hora & Mukerji, 1934)
Poropuntius speleops (T. R. Roberts, 1991)
Poropuntius tawarensis (M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916)

References

1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Cyprininae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 16 December 2024.
↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Poropuntius". FishBase . July 2024 version.
↑ Romero, A., ed. (2001). The Biology of Hypogean Fishes. Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes. Vol. 21. p. 18. ISBN 978-1402000768.
↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Poropuntius". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 16 December 2024.

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[CofF-1] 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Cyprininae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 16 December 2024.

[fishbase-2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Poropuntius". FishBase . July 2024 version.

[3] Romero, A., ed. (2001). The Biology of Hypogean Fishes. Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes. Vol. 21. p. 18. ISBN 978-1402000768.

[CofF2-4] Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Poropuntius". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 16 December 2024.

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