Puntius waageni
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Smiliogastrinae |
| Genus: | Puntius |
| Species: | P. waageni |
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Puntius waageni is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Puntius. This species is endemic to Pakistan.
The fish is named in honor of the geologist and paleontologist Wilhelm Heinrich Waagen (1841–1900), who collected the type specimen.[2]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Puntius waageni". FishBase.
- ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily SMILIOGASTRINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 4 May 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2021.