Poropuntius

<i>Poropuntius</i>

Poropuntius

Genus of fishes

Poropuntius is a genus of cyprinid fish found mainly in freshwater habitats of Southeast Asia and Yunnan in China, but P. burtoni is from South Asia.[1] Several species have highly restricted ranges and are threatened, and a single P. speleops is a cavefish.[2]

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Species

There are currently 38 recognized species in this genus:[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Poropuntius in FishBase. April 2017 version.
  2. [2]
    Romero, A., editor (2001). The Biology of Hypogean Fishes, p. 18. Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes. ISBN 978-1402000768


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