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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) > Barbinae
Etymology: Puntius: Lantin, punctum = point, the point of the sword (Ref. 45335); nigronotus: Name from Greek ‘nigra’ meaning black and ‘notus’ meaning 'back’; referring to the blackish dorsal side of the fish.

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical, preferred ?

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Asia: India.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 104740)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

This species is distinguished from all its congeners by the following characters: a blackish dorsal side; shorter maxillary barbels (12.3 % HL); shorter width of mouth gape (22.6 5 % HL); a higher body (BDD 35.8 % SL); with a row of elongated tiny black dots present on dorsal fin, the latter is shorter (21.1 % SL) and with 9 branched rays, last unbranched dorsal fin ray feebly ossified and flexible; anal fin with 6 branched rays; lateral line scales 27; greater pre-pelvic distance (52.6 % SL); a wide caudal peduncle (9.1 % SL); straight lateral line (Ref. 104740).

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Plamoottil, M., 2014. Puntius nigronotus, a new fish species (Cypriniformes; Cyprinidae) from Kerala, India. Journal of Research in Biology 4(8):1581-1588. (Ref. 104740)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Puntius nigronotus Plamoottil, 2015