Puntigrus tetrazona

Drawing from the original description 1855

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 Puntigrus
Species: Puntigrus tetrazona

Name

Puntigrus tetrazona (Bleeker, 1855)

• Syntypes: BMNH 1866.5.2.208 (1), 1867.11.28.178 (1).
• Type locality: Indonesia, Sumatra, Palembang Province, Lahat.

Synonyms

• Capoeta tetrazona Bleeker, 1855 -- orig. combination
  • Barbus tetrazona (Bleeker, 1855)
  • Puntius tetrazona (Bleeker, 1855)
  • Systomus tetrazona (Bleeker, 1855)
• Systomus sumatranus Bleeker, 1860
• Systomus sumatrensis Bleeker, 1860

References

• Bleeker, P., 1855: Nalezingen op de vischfauna van Sumatra. Visschen van Lahat en Sibogha. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië, 9: 257–280.

• Bleeker, P. 1860. De visschen van den Indischen Archipel, Beschreven en Toegelicht. Deel II. [Also: Ichthyologiae Archipelagi Indici Prodromus, Auct., Volumen II. [Cyprini. Ordo Cyprini. Karpers.]]. Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae 7(N. S., v. 2): 1–492. Reference page. 
• Bleeker, P. 1860. Achtste bijdrage tot de kennis der vischfauna van Sumatra (Visschen van Benkoelen, Priaman, Tandjong, Palembang en Djambi). Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae 8 (art. 2): 1–88. 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. 
• Kottelat, M. & Tan, H.H. 2011. Systomus xouthos, a new cyprinid fish from Borneo, and revalidation of Puntius pulcher (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 22(3): 209–214. Reference page. 
• Puntigrus tetrazona in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names

English: Tiger barb, Sumatra barb
português: Bárbus-sumatrano
ไทย: ปลาเสือสุมาตรา

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