Desmopuntius foerschi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyprinoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis/Superclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Series: Otophysi Ordo: Cypriniformes Superfamilia: Cyprinoidea

Familia: Cyprinidae
Subfamilia: Cyprininae
Tribus: Smiliogastrini
Genus Desmopuntius
Species: Desmopuntius foerschi

Name

Desmopuntius foerschi (Kottelat, 1982)

Holotype: MHNG 2058.98.
Paratypes: MHNG 2058.99-100 (2), 2059.01 (1).

Type locality: Indonesia, Borneo, Kalimantan Tengah, about 50–100 km north of Sampit [area of Sebabi and Palangan; Sebabi is about half a day by boat upriver of Palangan on Sungai Seranau; Palangan is half-day upriver of Sampit on the Mentaya].

Etymology: Species is named after Dr. Walter Foersch.

Synonyms

Barbus foerschi Kottelat, 1982
- Systomus foerschi (Kottelat, 1982) -- Tan, 2012

References

Kottelat, M.; 1982: A small collection of fresh-water fishes from Kalimantan, Borneo, with descriptions of one new genus and three new species of Cyprinidae. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 89 (2): 419–437.

Kottelat, M. 2013. The fishes of the inland waters of southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibiography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement No. 27: 1–663. Full issue (PDF). Reference page.

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