Taxonomic revision of the genus Poropuntius (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Peninsular Malaysia

• Main Authors: Muhammad-Rasul, Abdullah Halim, Ramli, Rosli, Low, Van Lun, Ahmad, Amirrudin, Grudpan, Chaiwut, Koolkalya, Sontaya, Khaironizam, Md Zain
• Format: Article
• Published: Magnolia Press 2018
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QH Natural history; R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/21199/; https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4472.2.6

Up to three nominal species of the cyprinid fish genus Poropuntius (i.e. P. deauratus [Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1842], P. normani [Smith 1931], and P. smedleyi [de Beaufort 1933]) have been reported to occur in Peninsular Malaysian freshwater ecosystems. However, low morphological d...