Leptobarbus hoevenii, Hoven's carp : fisheries, aquaculture, aquarium

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Leptobarbus hoevenii (Bleeker, 1851)

Hoven's carp
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Leptobarbidae (Cigar barbs)
Etymology: Leptobarbus: Greek, leptos = thin + Latin, barbus = barbel (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Bleeker.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; pelagic; pH range: ? - 7.0; dH range: 12 - ?; potamodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 3 - ? m. Tropical; 23°C - 26°C (Ref. 2060); 23°N - 3°S

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Asia: Thailand to Sumatra and Borneo.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 100.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 30857); common length : 50.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 12693); max. published weight: 10.0 kg (Ref. 9497)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal soft rays: 8. Juveniles with black longitudinal stripe (Ref. 43281).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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).

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Roberts, T.R., 1989. The freshwater fishes of Western Borneo (Kalimantan Barat, Indonesia). Mem. Calif. Acad. Sci. 14:210 p. (Ref. 2091)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 06 April 2020

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Other (Ref. 43281)





Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial; aquarium: commercial
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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5312   [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).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  2.8   ±0.30 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Assuming tm=3-4).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High to very high vulnerability (73 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.
Nutrients (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.