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| Tiger barb | |
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| Tiger barb schooling | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Barbinae |
| Genus: | Puntigrus |
| Species: | P. tetrazona
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| Puntigrus tetrazona (Bleeker, 1855)
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The tiger barb or Sumatra barb (Puntigrus tetrazona),[2] is a species of tropical cyprinid fish. The natural geographic range reportedly extends throughout the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo in Indonesia, with unsubstantiated sightings reported in Cambodia.[3] Tiger barbs are also found in many other parts of Asia, and with little reliable collection data over long periods of time, definite conclusions about their natural geographic range versus established introductions are difficult. Tiger barbs may sometimes be confused with Puntigrus anchisporus, Puntigrus navjotsodhii, or Puntigrus partipentazona, which are similar in appearance, the only differences being the slightly different stripe pattern and the number of scales these fish have.[4]
- ^ "Puntigrus tetrazona ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
- ^ 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 2015-01-06 at the Wayback Machine The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 2013, Supplement No. 27, pp. 147 & 483
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Puntigrus tetrazona". FishBase. April 2013 version.
- ^ H, Stefan (2022-09-10). "Tiger Barb - Complete Care Guide". FishkeeperLog. Retrieved 2022-10-21.