Desmopuntius foerschi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyprinoidei
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Cypriniformes Subordo: Cyprinoidei

Familia: Cyprinidae
Subfamilia: Smiliogastrinae
Genus Desmopuntius
Species: Desmopuntius foerschi

Name

Desmopuntius foerschi (Kottelat, 1982)

Holotype: MHNG 2058.98. Paratypes: MHNG 2058.99-100 (2), 2059.01 (1).

Type locality: Indonesia, Borneo, Kalimantan Tengah, about 50–100 km north of Sampit [area of Sebabi and Palangan; Sebabi is about half a day by boat upriver of Palangan on Sungai Seranau; Palangan is half-day upriver of Sampit on the Mentaya].

Etymology: Species is named after Dr. Walter Foersch (1932–1993).

Synonyms

Puntius foerschi Kottelat, 1982
- Barbus foerschi Kottelat, 1982
  - Systomus foerschi (Kottelat, 1982) — Tan, 2012

References

Kottelat, M. 1982. A small collection of fresh-water fishes from Kalimantan, Borneo, with descriptions of one new genus and three new species of Cyprinidae. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 89(2): 419–437. DOI: 10.5962/BHL.PART.82452 Reference page.
Kottelat, M. 2013. The fishes of the inland waters of southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibiography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement No. 27: 1–663. PDF. Reference page.

Vernacular names

čeština: Parmička Foerschova
Deutsch: Foerschs Barbe
eesti: Foerschi trellpuntius
suomi: Häivebarbi
Bahasa Indonesia: Renteng