Puntius tiantian

Taxobox
name = "Puntius tiantian"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Cypriniformes
familia = Cyprinidae
genus = "Puntius"
species = "P. tiantian"
binomial = "Puntius tiantian"
binomial_authority = Kullander & Fang, 2005

"Puntius tiantian" is a species of fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae. It has only been recorded from streams in the vicinity of Putao in the far north of Myanmar.

This is a small fish with a standard length of up to 45 mm. It is generally brownish with a dark vertical bar just behind the operculum and a round dark blotch on the caudal peduncle. Other "Puntius" species are similarly marked but "P. tiantian" can be distinguished by its longer lateral line, reaching all the way back to the base of the caudal fin. "Puntius didi", a similarly marked species found in the same drainage basin, differs from "P. tiantian" in having a deeper body and a longer dorsal fin with two rows of dark markings rather than one.

References

* [http://www.nrm.se/download/18.4e32c81078a8d9249800020818/puntius2005%5B1%5D.pdf Two New Species of "Puntius" from Northern Myanmar]