Barbodes semifasciolatus (Günther)

Hui, Tan Heok, Peng, Kelvin Lim Kok, Huan, Liew Jia, Wei, Low Bi, Hing, Rayson Lim Bock, Beng, Jeffrey Kwik Teik & Yeo, Darren C. J., 2020, The non-native freshwater fishes of Singapore: an annotated compilation, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 68, pp. 150-195 : 157

Barbodes semifasciolatus (Günther) [Extirpated]

( Fig. 12 , SEA, EAs[SPC])

References. de Beaufort, 1933 (as Puntius sachsi ); Tweedie, 1936 (as Puntius sachsi ); Fowler, 1938 (as Barbus sachsii ); Johnson, 1964 (as Puntius semifasciolatus ); Alfred, 1966a (as Puntius semifasciolatus , as early as 1912); Johnson, 1973a (as Puntius semifasciolatus ); Anonymous, 1988a (as Capoeta semifasciolatus ); Lim, 1989 (as Puntius semifasciolatus ); Lim & Ng, 1990 (as Puntius semifasciolatus , as early as 1900s); Munro, 1990 (as Puntius semifasciolatus ); Ng et al., 1993 (as Puntius semifasciolatus ); Lever, 1996 (as Barbus semifasciolatus ); Ng & Lim, 1997a (as Puntius semifasciolatus ); Ng & Lim, 1997b (as Puntius semifasciolatus ); Baker & Lim, 2008, 2012 (as Puntius semifasciolatus ); Tan HH et al., 2010 (as Puntius semifasciolatus ).

Distribution. Probably extirpated in Singapore as there have been no recent records; previously recorded from Serangoon area ( de Beaufort, 1933; Tweedie, 1936; Alfred, 1966a; Munro, 1990); Bukit Timah area ( Alfred, 1966a; Ng & Lim, 1997a); MacRitchie Reservoir ( Alfred, 1966a; Anonymous, 1988a); Kallang River ( Alfred, 1966a; Tan HH et al., 2010); Sungei Seletar ( Alfred, 1966a); Lower Peirce Reservoir ( Ng & Lim, 1997a, 1997b); Central Catchment Nature Reserve — Sime Road forest ( Lim, 1989; Ng & Lim, 1997a, 1997b).

Remarks. This species was an accidental introduction with imported fish fry from China ( Johnson, 1964), possibly as early as 1912 ( Alfred, 1966a).

Figures

Fig. 12. Barbodes semifasciolatus, 42.2 mm SL, wild type from Vietnam (top); ca. 30 mm SL, xanthic trade material (bottom).