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Common Name: green barb
Synonyms and Other Names: half-striped barb, China barb, gold barb, halfbanded barb, Schubert's barb
Taxonomy: available through 
Identification: A related species, Puntius sachsi, is very similar in appearance (Petrovicky 1988). Color photographs appeared in Axelrod et al. (1985); color variants were pictured in Petrovicky (1988). Other modifications of name used include Barbus semifasciolatus, Capoeta semifasciolata, and C. semifasciolatus.
Size: 10 cm.
Native Range: Asia. Southeastern China from Hong Kong to the island of Hainan (Petrovicky 1988).
Nonindigenous Occurrences: This species was introduced to Nu'uanu Reservoir in Oahu, Hawaii in 1940, but was extirpated during a drought of 1984 (Brock 1960; Maciolek 1984; Devick 1991a, 1991b; Yamamoto and Tagawa 2000; Mundy 2005).
Means of Introduction: According to Devick (1991b), this species was introduced from Asia for food and decoration.
Status:
Extirpated after the drought of 1984 when the reservoir dried (Yamamoto and Tagawa 2000; Mundy 2005).
Impact of Introduction: Unknown.
Remarks: This species is in the ornamental fish trade. It is listed as Barbus semifasciolatus in Hawaiian literature on introduced fishes. There are no known voucher specimens.
Axelrod, H.R., W.E. Burgess, N. Pronek and J.G. Walls. 1985. Dr. Axelrod's Atlas of Freshwater Aquarium Fishes. 780 pp.
Brock, V. E. 1960. The introduction of aquatic animals into Hawaiian waters. International Revue der Gesamten Hydrobiologie 45: 463-480.
Devick, W.S. 1991a. Disturbances and fluctuatuions in the Wahiawa Reservoir ecosystem. Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Aquatic Resources, Honolulu, HI. Project No. F-14-R-15, Job 4 Study I. 21 pp.
Devick, W.S. 1991b. Pattern of introductions of aquatic organisms to Hawaii freshwater habitats. Pages 189-213 in: New directions in research, management and conservations of Hawaiian freshwater stream ecosystems. Proceedings of 1990 symposium on freshwater stream biology and fisheries management, Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Aquatic Resources, Honolulu, HI.
Maciolek, J. A. 1984. Exotic Fishes in Hawaii and Other Islands of Oceania. Pages 131-161 in: W.R. Courtaney, Jr. and J.R. Stauffer, Jr. (eds). Distribution, Biology, and Management of Exotic Fishes.
Mundy, B. C. 2005. Fishes of the Hawaiian Archipelago. Bishop Museum Bulletins in Zoology, Number 6.
Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran (editors). 1992. Inland Fishes of India and Adjacent Countries. Two volumes. 1158 pp.
Yamamoto, M. N. and A. W. Tagawa. 2000. Hawaii's Native and Exotic Freshwater Animals. Mutual Publishing, Honolulu, HI. 200 pp.
Petrovicky, I. 1988. Aquarium fish of the world. 499 pp.
Other Resources:
FishBase Fact Sheet
Author: Leo Nico and Pamela J. Schofield
Revision Date: 2/8/2006 Citation for this information:
Leo Nico and Pamela J. Schofield. 2009. Puntius semifasciolatus. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL.
<http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=634> Revision Date: 2/8/2006
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