Cyprinidae

Bitungu

Barbodes truncatulus

Fish Reaching Thirteen Point Three Centimeters in Asian Waters

• Tropical
• Local endemic species
• Restricted distribution
• Freshwater fish
• Southeast Asia
• Small
• Tropical fish

Barbodes truncatulus, known locally as the bitungu, is an extinct species of cyprinid fish endemic to Lake Lanao in Mindanao, the Philippines.