The Dharna barb (Puntius fraseri) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Puntius. It is endemic to India.

Dharna barb
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Puntius
Species:
P. fraseri
Binomial name
Puntius fraseri
(Hora & Misra, 1938)[2]
Synonyms
  • Barbus fraseri Hora & Misra, 1938

The fish is named in honor of amateur herpetologist Albert Glen Leslie Fraser (1887-?), who collected the type specimen and supplied the authors with Bhil names of Deolali (India) fishes.[3]


References

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  1. ^ Dahanukar, N. (2011). "Puntius fraseri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T172463A6897234. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T172463A6897234.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Puntius fraseri". FishBase.
  3. ^ 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.