ITIS * North America: Puntius tetrazona

Scientific Name: Puntius tetrazona (Bleeker, 1855)
- TSN: 163712

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Vernacular name(s): tiger barb [English]

Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing: valid

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Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom Animalia-- animals
   Phylum Chordata-- chordates
    Subphylum Vertebrata-- vertebrates
     Superclass Osteichthyes-- bony fishes
      Class Actinopterygii-- ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes
       Subclass Neopterygii-- neopterygians
        Infraclass Teleostei
         Superorder Ostariophysi
          Order Cypriniformes-- minnows, suckers
             Superfamily Cyprinoidea
              Family Cyprinidae-- carps, carps and minnows
                  Genus Puntius-- spotted barbs
                      Species Puntius tetrazona-- tiger barb

References

Other sources: Source: Catalog of Fishes, 08-Apr-2005 website (version 05-Apr-05); (http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/)
Source: NODC Taxonomic Code database (version 8.0)

References: Axelrod, Herbert R., and Leonard P. Schultz 1955. Handbook of Tropical Aquarium Fishes. McGraw-Hill Book Company. New York, Toronto, London. xii + 718.
Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, USA. 2905. ISBN: 0-940228-47-5.
Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al. 1991. World Fishes Important to North Americans Exclusive of Species from the Continental Waters of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 21. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 243. ISBN: 0-913235-54-7.

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