Puntigrus pulcher

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 pulcher

Name

Puntigrus pulcher (Rendahl, 1922)

• Holotype: ZMUO J5309.
• Paratypes: NRM 10279 [ex ZMUO] (1); ZMUO (1, missing).

Type locality: Borneo (northeastern), Kayan River, near Bulungan.

Etymology: The specific name pulcher is from the Latin pulcher and means beautiful.

Synonyms

• Puntius pulcher Rendahl, 1922 -- orig. combination
  • Systomus pulcher (Rendahl, 1922)

References

• 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. 
• Rendahl, H. 1922. Fische, gesammelt von Herrn Carl Lumholtz in Bulugan, Northost-Borneo, 1914. Nytt magazin for naturvideenskapen = Meddeleser fra det Zoologiske museum 5(60): 199–204. Reference page.