Bigspot barb

Barbodes dunckeri,^[2] the bigspot barb or clown barb, is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to the Malay Peninsula where it inhabits clear streams and acidic swamps. This species can also be found in the aquarium trade.^[3] It was described by Ernst Ahl in 1929,^[4] but was first recognized as a distinct species by Georg Duncker in 1905.^[5]

Bigspot barb
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Genus:	Barbodes
Species:	B. dunckeri
Binomial name
Barbodes dunckeri (C. G. E. Ahl, 1929)
Synonyms
Barbus dunckeri C. G. E. Ahl, 1929 Puntius dunckeri (C. G. E. Ahl, 1929)

Etymology

The specific epithet honors Georg Duncker, a German ichthyologist and curator at the Zoological Museum of Hamburg.^[5]

See also

• List of freshwater aquarium fish species

References

1. Ahmad, A.B. (2019). "Barbodes dunckeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T181206A1709446. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T181206A1709446.en. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
2. 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. Archived December 2, 2013, at the Wayback Machine The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 2013, Supplement No. 27: 1–663.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Puntius dunckeri". FishBase. October 2013 version.
4. "Taxonomy browser (Barbodes dunckeri)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
5. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (20 June 2024). "Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily SMILIOGASTRINAE Bleeker 1863 (Small Barbs)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 17 July 2024.