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Cypriniformes (Carps) >
Leptobarbidae (Cigar barbs)
Etymology: Leptobarbus: Greek, leptos = thin + Latin, barbus = barbel (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Jan van der Hoeven (1801–1868) was a Dutch zoologist and physician who took degrees in physics (1822) and medicine (1824) at Leiden University, then practised as a physician (1824–1826). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Bleeker.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range
Ecología
; agua dulce pelágico; pH range: ? - 7.0; dH range: 12 - ?; potamodromo (Ref. 51243); rango de profundidad 3 - ? m. Tropical; 23°C - 26°C (Ref. 2060); 23°N - 3°S
Asia: Thailand to Sumatra and Borneo.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 100.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 30857); common length : 50.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 12693); peso máximo publicado: 10.0 kg (Ref. 9497)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 9; Radios blandos anales: 8. Juveniles with black longitudinal stripe (Ref. 43281).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
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).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Assuming standard cyprinid reproduction. Replace ASAP.
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. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Human uses
Pesquerías: comercial; Acuicultura: comercial; Acuario: Comercial
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 2.8 ±0.30 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Assuming tm=3-4).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): High to very high vulnerability (73 of 100).
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Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 83.4 [19.1, 279.8] mg/100g; Iron = 1.85 [0.73, 4.61] mg/100g; Protein = 18.4 [16.3, 20.4] %; Omega3 = 0.309 [0.135, 0.694] g/100g; Selenium = 74.6 [29.2, 217.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 19.6 [5.3, 75.5] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.47 [1.00, 2.19] mg/100g (wet weight); based on
nutrient studies.