Puntius waageni is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Puntius. This species is endemic to Pakistan.

Puntius waageni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Puntius
Species:
P. waageni
Binomial name
Puntius waageni
(F. Day, 1872)[1]
Synonyms
  • Barbus waageni Day, 1872

The fish is named in honor of the geologist and paleontologist Wilhelm Heinrich Waagen (1841-1900), who collected the type specimen.[2]


References edit

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Puntius waageni" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
  2. ^ 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. Retrieved 19 November 2021.