Poropuntius krempfi

Poropuntius krempfi
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Genus:	Poropuntius
Species:	P. krempfi
Binomial name
Poropuntius krempfi (Pellegrin & Chevey, 1934) [2]
Synonyms [3]
Barbus krempfi Pellegrin & Chevey, 1934 Acrossocheilus krempfi (Pellegrin & Chevey, 1934) Lissochilus krempfi (Pellegrin & Chevey, 1934) Barbus annamensis Pellegrin & Chevey, 1936 Lissochilus annamensis (Pellegrin & Chevey 1936) Hypsibarbus annamensis (Pellegrin & Chevey 1936) Lissochilus macrosquamatus Đ. Y. Mai 1978 Hypsibarbus macrosquamatus (Đ. Y. Mai, 1979)

Poropuntius krempfi is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Poropuntius from the Red River drainage in Vietnam and Yunnan, and from the Ma River drainage in Vietnam and Laos. ^[1]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of French marine biologist Armand Krempf (1879–?), it was he who supplied the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (Paris) with many specimens from Indo-China. ^[4]

References

1. Kottelat, M. (2012). "Poropuntius krempfi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012 e.T166972A1158452. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T166972A1158452.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Poropuntius krempfi". FishBase .
3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Poropuntius". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 16 December 2024.
4. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily CYPRININAE Rafinesque 1815 (Carps)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 10 November 2024.