Previously, it was assumed that the earliest record of this genus was the fossil species Puntius bussyi from the Eocene of Sumatra, but a 2020 study reclassified this species into the new genus Pauciuncus, possibly in the subfamily Smiliogastrinae.[5]
Puntius of West Bengal, IndiaCherry barb (Puntius titteya), male below and female above.
The maximum size for an adult of this genus is 25 cm (10 in), but most species reach 7–15 cm (2.8–5.9 in) and some species do not surpass 5 cm (2 in).[1] In appearance they may resemble miniature carp and are sometimes brightly coloured or patterned.[1]
Behavioredit
These fishes are omnivorous; their diet includes small invertebrates and plant matter. Breeding is by egg scattering and takes place close to the bottom, near or within areas of dense plant growth. They do not show parental care and adults may eat the young.
Taxonomyedit
Historically, many species of Puntius have been classified in several genera, including Barbus. Despite the reclassifications, the specific epithet remains the same in these – except in cases of homonymies – as Barbus and Puntius have the same grammatical gender. The closest living relatives of the spotted barbs are the genus Cyprinion and perhaps the genus Capoeta. These and the other "typical" barbs and barbels were formerly often separated as subfamilyBarbinae, but this group is highly paraphyletic with regard to the Cyprininae and better merged there at least for the largest part (including Puntius). In particular the genus Barbonymus, containing the tinfoil barb and its relatives – for some time included in Puntius – appears to be a kind of carp that has evolved convergently with barbs.
Speciesedit
These are the currently recognized species in this genus:
^ abcdeFroese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Puntius in FishBase. June 2016 version.
^ abKottelat, 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. 2015-01-06 at the Wayback MachineRaffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 27: 1–663.
^Pethiyagoda, R., Meegaskumbura, M. & Maduwage, K. (2012): A synopsis of the South Asian fishes referred to Puntius (Pisces: Cyprinidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 23 (1): 69–95.
^Raghavan, R., Philip, S., Ali, A. & Dahanukar, N. (2013): Sahyadria, a new genus of barbs (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from Western Ghats of India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 5 (15): 4932–4938.
^Murray, Alison M. (2020-01-02). "Early Cenozoic Cyprinoids (Ostariophysi: Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae and Danionidae) from Sumatra, Indonesia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 40 (1): e1762627. doi:10.1080/02724634.2020.1762627. ISSN 0272-4634.
^Krishna Kumar, K., Benno Pereira, F.G. & Radhakrishnan, K.V. (2012): Puntius madhusoodani (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), a new species of barb from Manimala River, Kerala, South India. Biosystematica, 5 (2): 31-37.
^Plamoottil, M. (2014): Puntius nigronotus, a new fish species (Cypriniformes; Cyprinidae) from Kerala, India. Journal of Research in Biology, 4 (8): 1581–1588.
^Plamoottil, M. & Abraham, N.P. (2014): Puntius viridis (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae), a new fish species from Kerala, India. Journal of Research in Biology, 3 (7): 1093–1104.
January 01, 1970
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Not to be confused with Puntigrus Puntius is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae native to South Asia and Mainland Southeast Asia as well as Taiwan 1 Puntius Puntius chola Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Actinopterygii Order Cypriniformes Family Cyprinidae Subfamily Barbinae Genus PuntiusF Hamilton 1822 Type species Cyprinus sophoreF Hamilton 1822 Species See text Many species formerly placed in Puntius have been moved to other genera such as Barbodes Dawkinsia Desmopuntius Haludaria Oliotius Pethia Puntigrus Sahyadria and Systomus 2 3 4 Previously it was assumed that the earliest record of this genus was the fossil species Puntius bussyi from the Eocene of Sumatra but a 2020 study reclassified this species into the new genus Pauciuncus possibly in the subfamily Smiliogastrinae 5 Contents 1 Etymology 2 Range 3 Description 4 Behavior 5 Taxonomy 6 Species 7 ReferencesEtymology edit nbsp Puti maach Puntius fish in West Bengal India The name Puntius comes from Pungti Pronounced Puti a Bangla term for small cyprinids Range editFishes of the genus Puntius are found in South Asia west to Pakistan and south to Sri Lanka and Mainland Southeast Asia with a single species P snyderi in Taiwan 1 2 The greatest species richness is in India 1 Description edit nbsp Puntius of West Bengal India nbsp Cherry barb Puntius titteya male below and female above The maximum size for an adult of this genus is 25 cm 10 in but most species reach 7 15 cm 2 8 5 9 in and some species do not surpass 5 cm 2 in 1 In appearance they may resemble miniature carp and are sometimes brightly coloured or patterned 1 Behavior editThese fishes are omnivorous their diet includes small invertebrates and plant matter Breeding is by egg scattering and takes place close to the bottom near or within areas of dense plant growth They do not show parental care and adults may eat the young Taxonomy editHistorically many species of Puntius have been classified in several genera including Barbus Despite the reclassifications the specific epithet remains the same in these except in cases of homonymies as Barbus and Puntius have the same grammatical gender The closest living relatives of the spotted barbs are the genus Cyprinion and perhaps the genus Capoeta These and the other typical barbs and barbels were formerly often separated as subfamily Barbinae but this group is highly paraphyletic with regard to the Cyprininae and better merged there at least for the largest part including Puntius In particular the genus Barbonymus containing the tinfoil barb and its relatives for some time included in Puntius appears to be a kind of carp that has evolved convergently with barbs Species editThese are the currently recognized species in this genus Puntius ambassis F Day 1869 Puntius amphibius Valenciennes 1842 Scarlet banded barb Puntius aphya Gunther 1868 Puntius arenatus F Day 1878 Arenatus barb Puntius bimaculatus Bleeker 1863 Redside barb Puntius bramoides Valenciennes 1842 Puntius brevis Bleeker 1849 Puntius burmanicus F Day 1878 Puntius cauveriensis Hora 1937 Cauvery barb Puntius chola F Hamilton 1822 Swamp barb Puntius crescentus G M Yazdani amp D F Singh 1994 Puntius deccanensis G M Yazdani amp M Babu Rao 1976 Deccan barb Puntius dolichopterus Plamoottil 2015 Longfin Kerala barb Puntius dorsalis Jerdon 1849 Long snouted barb Puntius euspilurus Plamoottil 2016 Puntius fraseri Hora amp Misra 1938 Dharna barb Puntius kamalika N K A Silva Maduwage amp Pethiyagoda 2008 Puntius kelumi Pethiyagoda N K A Silva Maduwage amp Meegaskumbura 2008 Puntius khohi Dobriyal R Singh S P Uniyal H K Joshi S Phurailatpam amp M S Bisht 2004 Puntius kyphus Plamootitl 2019 Puntius layardi Gunther 1868 Puntius madhusoodani Krishna Kumar Benno Pereira amp Radhakrishnan 2012 6 Puntius mahecola Valenciennes 1844 Mahecola barb Puntius masyai H M Smith 1945 Puntius melanostigma F Day 1878 Puntius morehensis Arunkumar amp Tombi Singh 1998 Puntius mudumalaiensis Menon amp Rema Devi 1992 Puntius muzaffarpurensis Srivastava K P Verma amp R B Sharma 1977 Puntius nangalensis Jayaram 1990 Puntius nelsoni Plamoottil 2014 Travancore yellow barb Puntius nigronotus Plamoottil 2014 7 Malabar black backed barb Puntius ocellus Plamoottil amp Vineeth 2020 8 Puntius parrah F Day 1865 Parrah barb Puntius paucimaculatus Y H Wang amp Y Ni 1982 Puntius pugio S O Kullander 2008 Puntius punjabensis F Day 1871 Puntius puntio F Hamilton 1822 Puntio barb Puntius sahyadriensis Silas 1953 Khavli barb Puntius sanctus Plamoottil 2020 Puntius sealei Herre 1933 Puntius somphongsi Benl amp Klausewitz 1962 Puntius sophore F Hamilton 1822 Pool barb Puntius sophoroides Gunther 1868 Puntius spilopterus Fowler 1934 Puntius takhoaensis Nguyen amp Doan 1969 Puntius terio F Hamilton 1822 Onespot barb Puntius tetraspilus Gunther 1868 Puntius thermalis Valenciennes 1844 Puntius titteya Deraniyagala 1929 Cherry barb Puntius viridis Plamoottil amp Abraham 2014 9 Spotfin green barb Puntius vittatus F Day 1865 Greenstripe barb Puntius waageni F Day 1872 References edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Puntius a b c d e Froese Rainer and Pauly Daniel eds 2016 Species of Puntius in FishBase June 2016 version a b 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 Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl No 27 1 663 Pethiyagoda R Meegaskumbura M amp Maduwage K 2012 A synopsis of the South Asian fishes referred to Puntius Pisces Cyprinidae Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 23 1 69 95 Raghavan R Philip S Ali A amp Dahanukar N 2013 Sahyadria a new genus of barbs Teleostei Cyprinidae from Western Ghats of India Journal of Threatened Taxa 5 15 4932 4938 Murray Alison M 2020 01 02 Early Cenozoic Cyprinoids Ostariophysi Cypriniformes Cyprinidae and Danionidae from Sumatra Indonesia Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 40 1 e1762627 doi 10 1080 02724634 2020 1762627 ISSN 0272 4634 Krishna Kumar K Benno Pereira F G amp Radhakrishnan K V 2012 Puntius madhusoodani Teleostei Cyprinidae a new species of barb from Manimala River Kerala South India Biosystematica 5 2 31 37 Plamoottil M 2014 Puntius nigronotus a new fish species Cypriniformes Cyprinidae from Kerala India Journal of Research in Biology 4 8 1581 1588 Egypt Acad J Biolog Sci B Zoology Vol 12 2 pp 93 102 2020 Plamoottil M amp Abraham N P 2014 Puntius viridis Cypriniformes Cyprinidae a new fish species from Kerala India Journal of Research in Biology 3 7 1093 1104 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Puntius amp oldid 1209322553, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
