Bigspot barb
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Barbodes |
| Species: | B. dunckeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Barbodes dunckeri (C. G. E. Ahl, 1929)
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Barbodes dunckeri,[2] the bigspot barb or clown barb, is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to the Malay Peninsula where it inhabits clear streams and acidic swamps. This species can also be found in the aquarium trade.[3] It was first discovered by Ernst Ahl in 1929.[4]
Etymology[edit]
The specific epithet honors Georg Duncker, a German ichthyologist and curator at the Zoological Museum of Hamburg (Zoologischen Museum Hamburg).
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Barbodes dunckeri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Puntius dunckeri" in FishBase. October 2013 version.
- ^ "Taxonomy browser (Barbodes dunckeri)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
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