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Common Name: tiger barb
Synonyms and Other Names: Sumatra barb, partbelt barb
Taxonomy: available through 
Identification: Distinguishing characteristics were given by Kottelat et al. (1993). Other names used include Barbus tetrazona and Capoeta tetrazona. The color pattern is nearly identical to that of P. anchisporus, but P. tetrazona differs in having an incomplete lateral line and a more elongate body (Roberts 1989). Color photographs appeared in Axelrod et al. (1985) and in Kottelat et al. (1993); illustrations were provided in Petrovicky (1988), including examples of several of the color variants that exist in the aquarium trade.
Size: 7 cm.
Native Range:
Tropical Asia. Sumatra (Roberts 1989).
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Interactive maps: Continental US, Alaska, Hawaii, Caribbean
Nonindigenous Occurrences: Two specimens, a sexually mature pair, were taken from a small stream flowing from Warm Springs Sanctuary in Owens Valley, Inyo County, California in July 1973 (Naiman and Pister 1974; Dill and Cordone 1997). A single large specimen was collected at Perrine Wayside Park in Perrine, Dade County, Florida, prior to 1979 (Courtenay and Hensley 1979a). Possibly in reference to the same record, the species was reported from a small roadside borrow pit south of Miami (Shafland 1976). Several specimens were collected from Cy Miller Pond, Brazos Co. Texas in June 1995 (Howells 2001). This species was collected from Kelly Warm Springs, Wyoming, in 1990 (M. Stone, personal communication).
Means of Introduction: Possible fish farm escape or release in Florida; probable aquarium releases elsewhere. Dill and Cordone (1997) concluded that the California fish were presumably introduced by an aquarist or fish dealer wishing to use the spring as a brood pond.
Status: Reported from California, Florida, Texas, and Wyoming. Shapovalov et al. (1981) stated that no additional specimens had been taken from the California site since 1961, despite repeated collecting efforts; Hubbs et al. (1979) did not consider this fish established in that state. Repeated collecting at the Texas site offered no more specimens.
Impact of Introduction: Unknown.
Remarks: This species is a popular ornamental fish. Tiger barbs are very aggressive fish, and there was concern that the fish found in California could adversely affect one of only two known populations of Owens pupfish Cyprinodon radiosus (Naiman and Pister 1974). The two tiger barbs collected from Owens Valley were a male and a female, both in breeding condition. Voucher specimens: California (ASU 6239).
Other Resources:
Gulf of Mexico Program
FishBase Fact Sheet
Author: Leo Nico and Pam Fuller
Revision Date: 7/27/2004 Citation for this information:
Leo Nico and Pam Fuller. 2010. Puntius tetrazona. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL.
<http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=635> Revision Date: 7/27/2004
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