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Puntius brevis

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Puntius brevis
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P. brevis
Binomial name
Puntius brevis
(Bleeker, 1850)[1]
Synonyms

Barbus liacanthus Günther 1886
Puntius spilopterus Fowler, 1934
Systomus leiacanthus Bleeker 1849[2]

Puntius brevis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Puntius. It is found in the Mekong and Chao Phraya basins.

This fish is one of the identified hosts of Opisthorchis viverrini, the Southeast Asian liver fluke.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Puntius brevis". FishBase.
  2. ^ Wikispecies
  3. ^ Wykoff, D. E.; Harinasuta, C.; Juttijudata, P.; Winn, M. M. (1965). "Opisthorchis Viverrini in Thailand--The Life Cycle and Comparison with O. Felineus". The Journal of Parasitology. 51 (2): 207–214. doi:10.2307/3276083. JSTOR 3276083. PMID 14275209., JSTOR.
  4. ^ Rim, H. J.; Sohn, W. M.; Yong, T. S.; Eom, K. S.; Chai, J. Y.; Min, D. Y.; Lee, S. H.; Hoang, E. H.; Phommasack, B.; Insisengmay, S. (2008). "Fishborne Trematode Metacercariae Detected in Freshwater Fish from Vientiane Municipality and Savannakhet Province, Lao PDR". The Korean Journal of Parasitology. 46 (4): 253–260. doi:10.3347/kjp.2008.46.4.253. PMC 2612611. PMID 19127332..