Barbodes manalak

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Manalak
Conservation status

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

Barbodes manalak,[2] known locally as the Manalak, is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Lake Lanao in Mindanao, the Philippines. It is black on the top of the head and snout with a wide, short snout. It is dark green on the dorsum, white on the sides with a gold tint especially heavy on the belly. Fins are pale colored with a dark green dorsal fin. This species can reach a length of 31.5 centimetres (12.4 in) TL. It is important to local subsistence fisheries.[3]

References

  1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Puntius manalak. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 27 November 2013.
  2. Kottelat, M. (2013): The Fishes of the Inland Waters of Southeast Asia: A Catalogue and Core Bibliography of the Fishes Known to Occur in Freshwaters, Mangroves and Estuaries. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 2013, Supplement No. 27: 1–663.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Puntius manalak" in FishBase. October 2013 version.
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