''Poropuntius deauratus'' is a species of

ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fins made of webbings of sk ...

in the genus ''

Poropuntius ''Poropuntius'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found mainly in freshwater habitats of South Asia and Yunnan in China, but ''P. burtoni'' is from Southeast Asia. Several species have highly restricted ranges and are threatened, and one species, ''P. ...

'' which is found in coastal river drainages in central Vietnam: between the Thu Bon River in Quang Nam Province and the Quang Tri River in Quang Tri Province. There was a marked decline in this species' abundance between 2000 and 2009 when the population may have declined by as much as 80%, this decline was probably caused by overfishing. Its habitat is medium and small sized rivers and streams where it is normally found in fast-flowing, clear water and it cannot survive where these are impounded. It diet mainly consists of fine debris, algae, diatoms, and aquatic insects.

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deauratus Fish described in 1842 {{Cyprininae-stub