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Cyprinidae
Fiveband barb
Desmopuntius pentazona
Fish Reaching Eight Point Eight Centimeters in Asian Waters
Fiveband barb is known from Asia as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Desmopuntius
- Maximum length
- 8.8 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- Asia: Malay Peninsula to Sumatra, Indonesia.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

