Puntius ambassis

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Puntius ambassis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Puntius
Species:
P. ambassis
Binomial name
Puntius ambassis
(F. Day, 1869) [2]
Synonyms
  • Barbus ambassisDay, 1869

Puntius ambassis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Puntius from India.

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References

  1. Dahanukar, N. 2010. Puntius ambassis . In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 3 May 2013.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Puntius ambassis" in FishBase. April 2006 version.