Puntius brevis

Puntius brevis, sometimes known as the swamp barb (although Puntius chola is also known by that name), 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.

Puntius brevis
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Barbinae
Genus:	Puntius
Species:	P. brevis
Binomial name
Puntius brevis (Bleeker, 1850)[2]
Synonyms
Barbus liacanthus Günther 1886 Systomus leiacanthus Bleeker 1849[3]

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

References

1. Dahanukar, N. 2010. Puntius brevis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 3 May 2013.
2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Puntius brevis" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
3. Wikispecies
4. Wykoff, D. E.; Harinasuta, C.; Juttijudata, P.; Winn, M. M. (1965). "Opisthorchis Viverrini in Thailand--The Life Cycle and Comparison with O. Felineus". The Journal of Parasitology. 51 (2): 207–214. doi:10.2307/3276083. JSTOR 3276083. PMID 14275209., JSTOR.
5. Rim, H. J.; Sohn, W. M.; Yong, T. S.; Eom, K. S.; Chai, J. Y.; Min, D. Y.; Lee, S. H.; Hoang, E. H.; Phommasack, B.; Insisengmay, S. (2008). "Fishborne Trematode Metacercariae Detected in Freshwater Fish from Vientiane Municipality and Savannakhet Province, Lao PDR". The Korean Journal of Parasitology. 46 (4): 253–260. doi:10.3347/kjp.2008.46.4.253. PMC 2612611. PMID 19127332..