Poropuntius
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Poropuntius is a genus of cyprinid
fish found in Asia
. There are currently 40 species in this genus.
Cyprinid
The family Cyprinidae, from the Ancient Greek kyprînos , consists of the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives . Commonly called the carp family or the minnow family, its members are also known as cyprinids...
fish found in Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
. There are currently 40 species in this genus.
Species
The genus contains the following species:- Poropuntius angustusPoropuntius angustusPoropuntius angustus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Poropuntius....
KottelatMaurice KottelatDr. Maurice Kottelat is a Swiss ichthyologist.In 1976 he entered the University of Neuchâtel where he obtained his diploma in 1987. In 1980 he went to Thailand where he began his field research on Southeast Asiatic and Indonesian fresh water fish species...
, 2000 - Poropuntius bantamensisPoropuntius bantamensisPoropuntius bantamensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Poropuntius....
(Rendahl, 1920) - Poropuntius birtwistleiPoropuntius birtwistleiPoropuntius birtwistlei is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Poropuntius....
(HerreAlbert William HerreAlbert William Christian Theodore Herre was an American ichthyologist and lichenologist.Herre was born in 1868 in Toledo, Ohio....
, 1940) - Poropuntius bolovenensisPoropuntius bolovenensisPoropuntius bolovenensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Poropuntius....
T. R. Roberts, 1998 - Poropuntius brevispinus (V. H. Nguyen & L. H. Doan, 1969)
- Poropuntius burtoniPoropuntius burtoniPoropuntius burtoni is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Poropuntius....
(Mukerji, 1933) - Poropuntius carinatusPoropuntius carinatusPoropuntius carinatus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Poropuntius....
(H. W. Wu & R. D. Lin, 1977) - Poropuntius chondrorhynchusPoropuntius chondrorhynchusPoropuntius chondrorhynchus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Poropuntius....
(FowlerHenry Weed FowlerHenry Weed Fowler was an American zoologist born in Holmesburg, Pennsylvania.He studied at Stanford University under David Starr Jordan...
, 1934) - Poropuntius chonglingchungiPoropuntius chonglingchungiPoropuntius chonglingchungi is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Poropuntius....
(T. L. Tchang, 1938) - Poropuntius clavatus (McClelland, 1845) (Stedman Barb)
- Poropuntius cogginiiPoropuntius cogginiiPoropuntius cogginii is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Poropuntius....
(Chaudhuri, 1911) - Poropuntius consternansPoropuntius consternansPoropuntius consternans is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Poropuntius....
KottelatMaurice KottelatDr. Maurice Kottelat is a Swiss ichthyologist.In 1976 he entered the University of Neuchâtel where he obtained his diploma in 1987. In 1980 he went to Thailand where he began his field research on Southeast Asiatic and Indonesian fresh water fish species...
, 2000 - Poropuntius daliensis (H. W. Wu & R. D. Lin, 1977)
- Poropuntius deauratusPoropuntius deauratusPoropuntius deauratus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Poropuntius....
(ValenciennesAchille ValenciennesAchille Valenciennes was a French zoologist.Valenciennes was born in Paris, and studied under Georges Cuvier. Valenciennes' study of parasitic worms in humans made an important contribution to the study of parasitology...
, 1842) - Poropuntius exiguusPoropuntius exiguusPoropuntius exiguus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Poropuntius....
(H. W. Wu & R. D. Lin, 1977) - Poropuntius faucisPoropuntius faucisPoropuntius faucis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Poropuntius....
(H. M. SmithHugh McCormick SmithHugh McCormick Smith was an American ichthyologist and administrator in the Bureau of Fisheries.-Biography:...
, 1945) - Poropuntius fuxianhuensisPoropuntius fuxianhuensisPoropuntius fuxianhuensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Poropuntius....
(Y. H. Wang, D. D. Zhuang & L. C. Gao, 1982) - Poropuntius genyognathusPoropuntius genyognathusPoropuntius genyognathus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Poropuntius....
T. R. Roberts, 1998 - Poropuntius hampaloidesPoropuntius hampaloidesPoropuntius hampaloides is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Poropuntius....
(Vinciguerra, 1890) - Poropuntius hathePoropuntius hathePoropuntius hathe is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Poropuntius....
T. R. Roberts, 1998 - Poropuntius heterolepidotusPoropuntius heterolepidotusPoropuntius heterolepidotus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Poropuntius....
T. R. Roberts, 1998 - Poropuntius huangchuchieniPoropuntius huangchuchieniPoropuntius huangchuchieni is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Poropuntius....
(T. L. Tchang, 1962) - Poropuntius hugueniniPoropuntius hugueniniPoropuntius huguenini is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Poropuntius....
(BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1853) - Poropuntius ikedaiPoropuntius ikedaiPoropuntius ikedai is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Poropuntius....
(Harada, 1943) - Poropuntius kontumensisPoropuntius kontumensisPoropuntius kontumensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Poropuntius....
(Chevey, 1934) - Poropuntius krempfiPoropuntius krempfiPoropuntius krempfi is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Poropuntius....
(PellegrinJacques PellegrinJacques Pellegrin was a French zoologist.Pellegrin was born in Paris, and studied natural history. In 1894 he became assistant chairman of zoology at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, replacing Léon Vaillant .He got his doctorates in medicine and science...
& Chevey, 1934) - Poropuntius laoensisPoropuntius laoensisPoropuntius laoensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Poropuntius....
(Günther, 1868) - Poropuntius lobocheiloidesPoropuntius lobocheiloidesPoropuntius lobocheiloides is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Poropuntius....
KottelatMaurice KottelatDr. Maurice Kottelat is a Swiss ichthyologist.In 1976 he entered the University of Neuchâtel where he obtained his diploma in 1987. In 1980 he went to Thailand where he began his field research on Southeast Asiatic and Indonesian fresh water fish species...
, 2000 - Poropuntius margarianusPoropuntius margarianusPoropuntius margarianus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Poropuntius....
(AndersonJohn Anderson (zoologist)John Anderson was a Scottish anatomist and zoologist who worked in India.He was born in Edinburgh and graduated in medicine from the University of Edinburgh in 1861. His thesis however was in zoology...
, 1879) - Poropuntius melanogrammusPoropuntius melanogrammusPoropuntius melanogrammus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Poropuntius....
T. R. Roberts, 1998 - Poropuntius normaniPoropuntius normaniPoropuntius normani is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Poropuntius....
H. M. SmithHugh McCormick SmithHugh McCormick Smith was an American ichthyologist and administrator in the Bureau of Fisheries.-Biography:...
, 1931 - Poropuntius opisthopteraPoropuntius opisthopteraPoropuntius opisthoptera is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Poropuntius....
(H. W. Wu, 1977) - Poropuntius rhomboides (H. W. Wu & R. D. Lin, 1977)
- Poropuntius scapanognathusPoropuntius scapanognathusPoropuntius scapanognathus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Poropuntius....
T. R. Roberts, 1998 - Poropuntius shanensisPoropuntius shanensisPoropuntius shanensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Poropuntius....
(HoraSunder Lal HoraSunder Lal Hora was an Indian ichthyologist.Famous for the Satpura Hypothesis, a zoo-geographical hypothesis proposed by him that suggests that the central Indian Satpura Range of hills acted as a bridge providing for the Malayan affinity of many Indian fauna and flora in the peninsula and the...
& Mukerji, 1934) - Poropuntius smedleyiPoropuntius smedleyiPoropuntius smedleyi is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Poropuntius....
(de Beaufort, 1933) - Poropuntius solitusPoropuntius solitusPoropuntius solitus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Poropuntius....
KottelatMaurice KottelatDr. Maurice Kottelat is a Swiss ichthyologist.In 1976 he entered the University of Neuchâtel where he obtained his diploma in 1987. In 1980 he went to Thailand where he began his field research on Southeast Asiatic and Indonesian fresh water fish species...
, 2000 - Poropuntius speleopsPoropuntius speleopsPoropuntius speleops is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Poropuntius....
(T. R. Roberts, 1991) - Poropuntius susanaePoropuntius susanaePoropuntius susanae is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Poropuntius....
(Banister, 1973) - Poropuntius tawarensisPoropuntius tawarensisPoropuntius tawarensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.It is found only in Indonesia.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....
(Weber & de Beaufort, 1916)