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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) > Leptobarbinae
Etymology: Leptobarbus: Greek, leptos = thin + Latin, barbus = barbel (Ref. 45335).

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Freshwater; pelagic; pH range: ? - 7.0; dH range: 12 - ?; potamodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 3 - ? m. Tropical; 23°C - 26°C (Ref. 2060), preferred ?; 23°N - 3°S

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Asia: Thailand to Sumatra and Borneo.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 100.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 30857); common length : 50.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 12693); max. published weight: 10.0 kg (Ref. 9497)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal soft rays: 8. Juveniles with black longitudinal stripe (Ref. 43281).

Found most often in freely flowing rivers and streams and seasonally on floodplains. Although reported to be non-migratory, it definitely does participate in local trophic migrations to and from inundated forests (Ref. 12693). Swims in shoals and are only fished in the Mekong especially during upstream (Jan.-Feb.) and downstream migration (Jun.-Jul.). Eats parenchyma and seeds of chaulmoogra tree (Hydnocarpus) falling into the streams; reported to become intoxicated and behaves in a peculiar manner and is believed to be toxic. Northern Laotians refrain from eating this fish but those in the South do. Cambodians and Vietnamese prize it highly (Ref. 2091). Eating flesh of the fish can cause nausea in humans (Ref. 12693).

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Assuming standard cyprinid reproduction. Replace ASAP.

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Roberts, T.R., 1989. The freshwater fishes of Western Borneo (Kalimantan Barat, Indonesia). Mem. Calif. Acad. Sci. 14:210 p. (Ref. 2091)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Other (Ref. 43281)

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Fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial; aquarium: commercial

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Leptobarbus hoevenii (Bleeker, 1851)