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Stedman barb

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Species of fish

Stedman barb
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Systomus
Species: S. clavatus
Binomial name
Systomus clavatus
(McClelland, 1845)
Synonyms
  • Barbus clavatus McClelland, 1845
  • Poropuntius clavatus (McClelland, 1845)
  • Puntius clavatus (McClelland, 1845)
  • Puntius clavatus clavatus (McClelland, 1845)
  • Barbus compressus Boulenger, 1893
  • Barbus liui Fowler, 1958

The Stedman barb (Systomus clavatus) is a species of cyprinid fish native to India and Bangladesh in the Ganges River basin where it occurs in foothill streams and rivers. This species can reach a length of 24 centimetres (9.4 in) TL. It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries.

References

  1. Dahanukar, N. 2010. Poropuntius clavatus. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 November 2013.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Systomus clavatus". FishBase. October 2013 version.
Taxon identifiers
Poropuntius clavatus


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