Leptobarbus hoevenii
Hoven's carp (Leptobarbus hoevenii; Jelawat in Malay), also known as the mad barb or sultan fish, is a species of fish in the barb family. It is native to freshwater habitats in the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Borneo and Sumatra. Populations further north in the Chao Phraya and Mekong Basins were included in this species until 2009, but are now considered a separate species, L. rubripinna.[1][2] The two are frequently confused and the same common names have been used for both; only L. rubripinna is known from the aquarium trade.[1][2]
| Hoven's carp | |
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| The closely related L. rubripinna (often confused with the very similar L. hoevenii) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Leptobarbinae |
| Genus: | Leptobarbus |
| Species: | L. hoevenii |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptobarbus hoevenii (Bleeker, 1851) | |
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It may reach up to about 1 m (3.3 ft) long.[3] This fish is omnivorous and is a midwater to near bottom dweller. This fish lives in groups.[3]
Named in honor of Bleeker’s fellow Dutchman, “le célèbre professeur de zoologie” Jan van der Hoeven (1801-1868).[4]
Economic Improtance
In Malaysia they are very expensive food fish due to their special diet of variety of fruits , their scales are also good to eat too , The Local name of this fish was the Sultan fish because the Sultan of the Pahang state love the taste of this fish , they are also common ornamental fish in Southeast Asia aquariums .
References
- SeriouslyFish: Leptobarbus rubripinna. Retrieved 10 May 2013
- Tan, H.H., and M. Kottelat (2009). The fishes of the Batang Hari drainage, Sumatra, with description of six new species. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 20(1): 13-69.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Leptobarbus hoevenii" in FishBase. May 2013 version.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Families LEPTOBARBIDAE, XENOCYPRIDIDAE and TINCIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 8 March 2021.