''Barbodes paucimaculatus'' is a species of

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belonging to the

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Cyprinidae Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family, including the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives the barbs and barbels, among others. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family, and t ...

, the family which includes the carps, barbs and related fishes. It is found in freshwater habitats in

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, but its validity is questionable and it may be a

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of ''

Barbodes semifasciolatus :''This species may be confused with:'' golden barb'' (''P. gelius'').'' ''Barbodes semifasciolatus'',Kottelat, M. (2013)The Fishes of the Inland Waters of Southeast Asia: A Catalogue and Core Bibliography of the Fishes Known to Occur in Freshwat ...

''.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. As a food fish it is rated 5/5 stars by the National Food Convention of China.

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paucimaculatus Fish described in 1982 {{Cyprinidae-stub