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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.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
; eau douce pélagique; pH range: ? - 7.0; dH range: 12 - ?; potamodrome (Ref. 51243); profondeur 3 - ? m. Tropical; 23°C - 26°C (Ref. 2060); 23°N - 3°S
Asia: Thailand to Sumatra and Borneo.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 100.0 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 30857); common length : 50.0 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 12693); poids max. publié: 10.0 kg (Ref. 9497)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 9; Rayons mous anaux: 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).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
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)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: commercial; Aquaculture: commercial; Aquarium: Commercial
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf.
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).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 2.8 ±0.30 se; based on food items.
Résilience (Réf.
120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Assuming tm=3-4).
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref.
59153): High to very high vulnerability (73 of 100).
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Nutriments (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.
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