Puntius brevis

Puntius brevis, sometimes known as the swamp barb, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Puntius. It is found in the Mekong and Chao Phraya basins. Puntius spilopterus is sometimes considered conspecific.

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Actinopterygii

Order:Cypriniformes

Family:Cyprinidae

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Puntius brevis
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Smiliogastrinae
Genus:	Puntius
Species:	P. brevis
Binomial name
Puntius brevis (Bleeker, 1849)[2]
Synonyms[3]
Capoeta brevis Bleeker, 1849 Capoeta javanica Bleeker, 1855 Systomus (Capoeta) leiacanthus Bleeker, 1860 Barbus liacanthus Günther, 1868 Parabarbus habilis Franz, 1910 Barbus spilopterus Fowler, 1934 Puntius spilopterus (Fowler, 1934) Puntius leicanthus malayensis Menon, 1955 Puntius ocellatus Mai, 1978

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This fish is one of the identified hosts of Opisthorchis viverrini, the Southeast Asian liver fluke.^[4][5]