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Hypsibarbus wetmorei

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Species of fish

Hypsibarbus wetmorei
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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)

Hypsibarbus wetmorei, the golden belly barb, lemon fin barb,lemon barb or Kerai (often spelled as Krai) is a species of cyprinid fish. It is native to the Mae Klong, Mekong, Chao Phraya, Tapi and Pahang rivers in Mainland Southeast Asia. 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. It typically reaches 25 cm (10 in) in length, but has been recorded up to about 70 cm (2 ft 4 in).

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). 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.

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.

References

  1. ^ Rainboth, W. (2012). "Hypsibarbus wetmorei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T181331A1722850. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T181331A1722850.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hypsibarbus wetmorei". 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). Archived from the original on 2018-04-19. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
Taxon identifiers
Hypsibarbus wetmorei


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