| Pait | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Puntius |
| Species: | P. amarus |
| Binomial name | |
| Puntius amarus (Herre, 1924) |
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The Pait (Puntius amarus) is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family that is found only in the Philippines. A benthopelagic fish that requires a freshwater environment; it was first identified from specimens collected from Lake Lanao in 1910 and 1922; specimens were still present as recently as a 1982 survey of the lake.[1]