Puntigrus

Not to be confused with Puntius.

Puntigrus
Tiger barb, Puntigrus tetrazona
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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]

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) ^[3]
• Puntigrus partipentazona (Fowler, 1934)
• Puntigrus pulcher (Rendahl (de), 1922)
• Puntigrus tetrazona (Bleeker, 1855)

Conservation status

As of 2020, the IUCN lists all five fish in the genus Puntigrus as species of Least concern. ^[4]

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. https://www.seriouslyfish.com/its-often-said-that-a-tiger-never-loses-its-stripes-but-what-about-its-name/
3. 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.
4. "IUCN".