''Desmopuntius'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of small freshwater

cyprinids 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 ...

native to

Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Mainland Au ...

. They were formerly included in '' Puntius''.

Etymology

The name ''Desmopuntius'' is derived from the

Greek language Greek (, ; , ) is an Indo-European languages, Indo-European language, constituting an independent Hellenic languages, Hellenic branch within the Indo-European language family. It is native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), south ...

δεσμψτης ("desmotes") meaning 'prisoner' and genus name "''Puntius''", a reference to the striped outfits commonly attributed to prison wear.

Species

According to

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, there are currently seven recognized species in this genus. Another species recognized as '' Systomus endecanalis'' by FishBase is placed in the genus ''Desmopuntius'' by

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, following a taxonomic review by

Maurice Kottelat Maurice Kottelat (born 16 July 1957 in Delémont, SwitzerlandC ...

in 2013.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.'' * '' Desmopuntius endecanalis'' ( T. R. Roberts, 1989) * '' Desmopuntius foerschi'' ( Kottelat, 1982) * ''

Desmopuntius gemellus ''Desmopuntius'' is a genus of small freshwater Cyprinidae, cyprinids native to Southeast Asia. They were formerly included in ''Puntius''. Etymology The name ''Desmopuntius'' is derived from the Greek language δεσμψτης ("desmotes") me ...

'' ( Kottelat, 1996) * '' Desmopuntius hexazona'' ( M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1912) (Six-banded tiger barb) * '' Desmopuntius johorensis'' ( Duncker, 1904) (Striped barb) * '' Desmopuntius pentazona'' ( Boulenger, 1894) (Fiveband barb) * '' Desmopuntius rhomboocellatus'' ( Koumans, 1940) (Snakeskin barb) * '' Desmopuntius trifasciatus'' ( Kottelat, 1996)

References

Smiliogastrinae Taxa named by Maurice Kottelat {{Barbinae-stub