Puntigrus

Not to be confused with Puntius.

Puntigrus
Tiger barb, Puntigrus tetrazona
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Smiliogastrinae
Genus:	Puntigrus Kottelat, 2013
Type species
Barbus partipentazona Fowler, 1934

Puntigrus is a genus of cyprinids native to Southeast Asia. ^[1]

The genus was established in 2013 to contain the "Tiger Barb" species group previously all identified as Puntius tetrazona. ^[2]

"Tiger Barb" Disambiguation

The common name tiger barbs is sometimes applied to the genus as a whole.

Furthermore tiger barb is sometimes applied to all members of the genus ^[3] , however the epithet is most commonly associated with Puntius tetrazona.

Etymology

The name Puntigrus is derived from the first syllable of the cyprinid genus Puntius and "tigrus" (to allude to the Latin "tigris" meaning "tiger"). ^[1]

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus: ^[1]

• Puntigrus anchisporus (Vaillant, 1902)
• Puntigrus navjotsodhii (H. H. Tan, 2012) ^[4]
• Puntigrus partipentazona (Fowler, 1934)
• Puntigrus pulcher (Rendahl (de), 1922)
• Puntigrus tetrazona (Bleeker, 1855) (Tiger Barb)

Conservation status

As of 2020, the IUCN lists all five fish in the genus Puntigrus as species of Least concern. ^[5]

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 2015-01-06 at the Wayback Machine The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 2013, Supplement No. 27, pp. 147 & 483
2. "The mystery of the aquarium tiger barb… — Seriously Fish".
3. "Puntigrus anchisporus (Puntius anchisporus, Systomus anchisporus) — Seriously Fish".
4. Tan, H.H. (2012): Systomus navjotsodhii, a new cyprinid fish from Central Kalimantan, Borneo. Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement No. 25: 285–289.
5. "IUCN".