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Barbodes rhombeus

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Barbodes rhombeus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Barbodes
Species:
B. rhombeus
Binomial name
Barbodes rhombeus
(Kottelat, 2000)
Synonyms
  • Puntius rhombeus Kottelat, 2000

Barbodes rhombeus[2] is a species of cyprinid fish native to the Southeast Asian countries of Cambodia, Laos and Thailand where it inhabits clear hill streams. This species can reach a length of 6.5 centimetres (2.6 in) SL.[3]

In Malaysia and Singapore, it is an introduced alien species but has a restricted distribution.[4]

Description

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Body measurements are similar to other members of the binototus group with a body coloration of a light greenish brown to silver. The identifying trait is the small black spot below the dorsal fin and another black spot at the base of the caudal fin. An additional dark line running down the flank may be present in some specimens.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Ahmad, A.B.; Chua, K.W.J. (2019). "Barbodes rhombeus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T181219A89799808. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T181219A89799808.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ 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 December 2, 2013, at the Wayback Machine The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 2013, Supplement No. 27: 1–663.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Puntius rhombeus". FishBase. October 2013 version.
  4. ^ "Barbodes rhombeus". singapore.biodiversity.online. Retrieved 2023-01-30.
  5. ^ Kottelat, M. (2000). "Diagnosis of a new genus and 64 new species of fishes from Laos (Teleostei: Cyprinidae, Balitoridae, Bagridae, Syngnathidae, Chaudhuriidae and Tetraodontidae)". J. South Asian Nat. Hist. 5 (1): 37–82.