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Puntius waageni

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Species of fish

Puntius waageni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Smiliogastrinae
Genus: Puntius
Species: P. waageni
Binomial name
Puntius waageni
(F. Day, 1872)
Synonyms
  • Barbus waageni Day, 1872

Puntius waageni is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Puntius. This species is endemic to Pakistan.

The fish is named in honor of the geologist and paleontologist Wilhelm Heinrich Waagen (1841-1900), who collected the type specimen.


References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Puntius waageni". FishBase.
  2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily SMILIOGASTRINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
Taxon identifiers
Puntius waageni


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