Puntius waageni
Puntius waageni is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Puntius. This species is endemic to Pakistan.
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Barbinae |
| Genus: | Puntius |
| Species: | P. waageni |
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| Puntius waageni | |
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The fish is named in honor of the geologist and paleontologist Wilhelm Heinrich Waagen (1841-1900), who collected the type specimen.[2]
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Puntius waageni" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
- 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.
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