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Barbonymus gonionotus

(Barbo Mediterraneo)

Overview

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Common Names

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Common Names in Batak:

Paitan

Common Names in Bengali:

Rajputi, Thai Sharputi

Common Names in Creole, Fren:

Barbe La-Roche

Common Names in Czech:

Parma Jvsk, Parma Jávská

Common Names in Danish:

En Art Barbe, Javabarbe

Common Names in Dutch:

Javaanse Barbeel

Common Names in English:

Barbo Mediterraneo, Java Barb, Javanese Barb, Javanese Carp, Puntius, Puntius Carp, Silver Barb, Tawes, Thai Dart-Goby, Thai Silver Barb, Thai Silver Carp

Common Names in Finnish:

Lahnabarbi

Common Names in French:

Barbeau Argenté De Thaïlande, Barbeau Argent De Thalande, Barbeau De Java

Common Names in German:

Java-Barbe

Common Names in Italian:

Barbo Di Giava

Common Names in Javanese:

Bader, Bader Putihan, Bader Putihan, Bader, Keputihan, Keputihan, Putihan, Putihan

Common Names in Khmer:

Chhpin, Trey Chhpin, Trey Chhpin Brak

Common Names in Lao:

Pa Pak, Pak

Common Names in Laotian:

Pa Pak, Pak

Common Names in Malay:

Lalawak, Lampam Jawa, Lampan Jawa, Lawak, Tawes

Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:

爪哇四鬚魮, 爪哇無鬚魮, 銀無鬚魮, 爪哇無鬚魮, 爪哇四须魮, 爪哇四鬚魮, 爪哇无须魮, 銀無鬚魮, 银无须魮

Common Names in Nemi:

Java

Common Names in Portuguese:

Barbo De Java, Barbo-Cumba

Common Names in Spanish:

Barbo De Java, Barbo Plateado De Tailandia

Common Names in Tagalog:

Tawes

Common Names in Thai:

ปลาตะเพียน, ปลาตะเพียนขาว, ปลาตะเพียนทราย, ปลาเต้กเคี้ยง, ปลาตะเพียน, ปลาตะเพียนขาว, ปลาตะเพียนทราย, ปลาเต้กเคี้ยง, Pla Ta Pien, Pla Ta Pien Khao, Pla Ta Pien Khaw, Pla Ta Pien Sai, Pla Tek Kheng

Common Names in Toba, Batak:

Paitan

Common Names in Vietnamese:

C M Vinh, C Tr Vinh

Description

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Family Cyprinidae

Distribution: North America (northern Canada to southern Mexico), Africa, and Eurasia . Pharynx with 1-3 rows of teeth, each row with a maximum of 8 teeth. Usually thin lips , plicae or papillae absent; mouth sometimes suckerlike (Garra and Labeo). With or without barbels . Premaxilla usually borders the upper jaw making the maxilla entirely or almost entirely excluded from the gape. Usually protrusible upper jaw. Dorsal fin with spinelike rays in some. Primitive number of chromosomes 2n=50, some with 48; polyploidy exists. Maximum length at least 2.5 m to probably 3 m in Catlocarpio siamensis; many species less than 5 cm. Mainly non-guarders, but in some species males build nests and/or protect the eggs .The family Cyprinidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes ) and the Order Cypriniformes. It contains 210 genera and 2010 species. It may be found in Brackish , and Freshwater environments and is primarily Primary freshwater. Many members of this family are used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are nonguarders. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is subcarangiform. Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be normal. Members of this family have been dated back to the Eocene epoch of the Tertiary period. This family may be found from 70° n to 34° s and 150° w to 170° e. Etymology of this family name : Greek, kyprinos = goldfish .

Habitat

Occurs at midwater to bottom depths in rivers , streams , floodplains , and occasionally in reservoirs . Seems to prefer standing water habitats instead of flowing waters . Inhabits the flooded forest during high water period[1].

Biome: Fresh water . Benthopelagic.

Biology

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Diet

Feeds on plant matter (e.g. leaves, weeds , Ipomea reptans and Hydrilla ) and invertebrates [2].

Migration

Potamodromous . A migratory species but not considered to be a long-distance migrant. Regarded as local migrant which moves from the Mekong up into small streams and canals and onto flooded areas during the rainy season and back again during receding water[3]. Some reports indicated that upstream migration of this fish is triggered by the first rains and rising water levels. When it finds a tributary, canal or stream it moves upstream and eventually onto flooded areas. When water recedes, it migrates back into canals and streams and into the Mekong again[3].

Taxonomy

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Unambiguous Synonyms

  1. Barbodes gonionotus (Bleeker, 1850)
  2. Barbus gonionotus Bleeker, 1850
  3. Barbus javanicus Bleeker, 1855
  4. Barbus koilometopon Bleeker, 1857
  5. Puntius gonionotus (Bleeker, 1850)
  6. Puntius javanicus (Bleeker, 1855)
  7. Puntius viehoeveri Fowler, 1943

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Barbonymus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3 species and subspecies in this genus:

B. altus (Red Tailed Tinfoil) · B. gonionotus (Barbo Mediterraneo) · B. schwanenfeldii (Schwanenfeld's Barb)

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Further Reading

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Notes

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Contributors

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:

Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. Rainboth, W.J. (1996). Fishes of the Cambodian Mekong. FAO Species Identification Field Guide for Fishery Purposes. FAO, Rome, 265 p. [back]
  2. Mohsin, A.K.M. and M.A. Ambak (1983). Freshwater fishes of Peninsular Malaysia. Penerbit Universiti Pertanian Malaysia, Malaysia. 284 p. [back]
  3. Chan Sokheng, Chhuon Kim Chhea, S. Viravong, K. Bouakhamvongsa, U. Suntornratana, N. Yoorong, Nguyen Thanh Tung, Tran Quoc Bao, A.F. Poulsen and J. Valbo Jrgensen (1999). Fish migrations and spawning habits in the Mekong mainstream: a survey using local [back]
Last Revised: 7/2/2009