Barbodes amarus

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Barbodes amarus
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Barbodes
Species: B. amarus
Binomial name
Barbodes amarus
Herre, 1924
Synonyms
  • Puntius amarus (Herre, 1924)

Barbodes amarus, known as the Pait locally, is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Lake Lanao in Mindanao, the Philippines. This species can reach a length of 10.8 centimetres (4.3 in).[2] It was first identified from specimens collected from Lake Lanao in 1910 and 1922, and specimens were still present as recently as a 1982 survey of the lake.

References

  1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Puntius amarus. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 November 2013.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Puntius amarus" in FishBase. October 2013 version.
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