Pauciuncus

Pauciuncus
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Smiliogastrinae
Genus: Pauciuncus
Murray, 2020
Species:
P. bussyi
Binomial name
Pauciuncus bussyi
(Sanders, 1934)

Pauciuncus is a genus of small cypriniforms tentatively Smiliogastrinae that lived in Sangkarewang Formation during Eocene epoch. It was previously known as Puntius bussyi. Four surviving specimens showed this taxa only grow to around 3–4 cm in standard length (SL) with fairly large cycloid scales.