Hypsibarbus wetmorei

Hypsibarbus wetmorei, the golden belly barb, lemon fin barb or lemon barb, is a species of cyprinid fish. It is native to the Mae Klong, Mekong, Chao Phraya, Tapi and Pahang rivers in Mainland Southeast Asia.[1][2] Although locally common and considered to be a species of Least Concern, it is threatened (at least in parts of its range) by overfishing, dams and pollution.[1] It typically reaches 25 cm (10 in) in length,[2] but has been recorded up to about 70 cm (2 ft 4 in).[3]

Hypsibarbus wetmorei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Hypsibarbus
Species:
H. wetmorei
Binomial name
Hypsibarbus wetmorei
(H. M. Smith, 1931)
Synonyms
  • Puntius wetmorei Smith, 1931
  • Poropuntius wetmorei (Smith, 1931)
  • Puntius daruphani Smith, 1934
  • Barbus daruphani (Smith, 1934)
  • Barbus beasleyi Fowler, 1937
  • Puntius beasleyi (Fowler, 1937)

It is very popular as a fish for consumption including an ornamental fish, especially in shorter-than-normal shapes called "balloon" or "Pla san" (Thai: ปลาสั้น; lit: shorted fish or dwarf fish[4]). This species in Thailand was vernacular named Pla Tapak (ปลาตะพาก), Pla Tapak Lueng (ปลาตะพากเหลือง), Pla Tapak Thong (ปลาตะพากทอง) or Pla Krapak (ปลากระพาก) according to the poem of King Rama V "Journey to Sai Yok" (ประพาสไทรโยค) etc.[5]

Artificial insemination was first performed by the Kamphaengpet Inland Fisheries Research and Development Center since 2010 and collected the harvested returns to natural water sources for conservation.[6]

References
  1. Baird, I.; Vidthayanon, C.; Parenti, L. & Brooks, E. (2012). "Hypsibarbus wetmore". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2016.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Hypsibarbus wetmorei" in FishBase. November 2016 version.
  3. Fishing World Records: Hypsibarbus wetmorei. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  4. Nanconnection (2003). (แอบ)คุยเรื่องปลาตู้ โครงการ 2 : ปลาอโรตัวเป็นวาน่าเลี้ยง [(Secretly) talk about the aquarium fish. Project 2: Aro fish is a Wana] (in Thai). Bangkok: SE-ED Book Center. ISBN 9789745348653.
  5. Royal Society of Thailand. "กระพาก". Royal Institute Dictionary (in Thai).
  6. คำสิงห์, อภิวัฒน์ (2010-10-01). "เทคโนโลยีการประมง". Technologychaoban Magazine (in Thai).


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