Benefits
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Aquaculture, aquarium, fisheries.Taken with seines, gillnets, set nets, and traps. Usually marketed fresh. Occasionally seen in the aquarium trade, but its non descript coloration and lethargic habits have limited its popularity. Used for "lap pa" (in the preparation of which the numerous small bones are ground fine) or grilled or used to make "som pa". Herbivore believe to play useful role in cropping excessive vegetation in dam reservoirs. No catch reported for this species to FAO for 1999.
Brief Summary
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Found at midwater to bottom depthsin rivers, streams, floodplains, and occasionally in reservoirs. Seems to prefer standing water habitats instead of flowing waters. Not commonly taken in the dai nets of the Tonlé Sap, but much more likely to be caught in the large traps of the Great Lake.Feeds on both plant and animal matter, and inhabits the flooded forest during periods of high water.
Size
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To 40.5 cm.
Distribution
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Southeast Asia: Lower Xe Bangfai; Mekong basin in Laos, Thailand and Cambodia; Chao Phraya basin; Malay Peninsula; Sumatra and Java.
Diagnostic Description
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Without tubercles on snout. Skin of lower lip separated from lower jaw by a shallow groove. One dorsal fin; serrated dorsal fin spine. Eight branched pelvic finrays. Anal fin base long, 90% of head length.
- Catalog On Line. Fishbase: ICLARM .
- Rainboth, W.J. - 1996 FAO species identification field guide for fishery purposes. Fishes of the Cambodian Mekong. Rome, FAO. 1996: 265 pp.
Migration
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Potamodromous. Migrating within streams, migratory in rivers, e.g. Saliminus, Moxostoma, Labeo. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.
Trophic Strategy
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Feeds on plants, insects and detritus (Ref. 13497). Recorded as having been or being farmed in rice fields (Ref. 119549, 121504).
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 4; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 6 - 7
Life Cycle
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Assuming same reproductive mode as B. schwanenfeldii (RF).
Diseases and Parasites
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Sporozoa-infection (Myxobolus sp.). Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)
Diseases and Parasites
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Piscinoodinium Infection. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)
Diseases and Parasites
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Anchor worm Disease. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)
Diagnostic Description
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Body is strongly compressed. The back is elevated, its dorsal profile arched, often concave above the occiput. The head is small; the snout pointed; the mouth terminal. The barbels are very minute or rudimentary, especially the upper ones, which sometimes disappear entirely. Color when fresh is silvery white, sometimes with a golden tint. The dorsal and caudal fins are gray to gray-yellow; the anal and pelvic fins light orange, their tips reddish; the pectoral fins pale to light yellow (Ref. 4792). Very few tubercles on the snout which are not visible without magnification; snout length much less than the width of the eye socket (Ref. 37768). Anal-fin with 6-7 branches rays (Ref. 12693).
Biology
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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 (Ref. 12693). Feeds on plant matter (e.g. leaves, weeds, Ipomea reptans and Hydrilla) and invertebrates (Ref. 4835). 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 (Ref. 37770). 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 (Ref. 37770). Often used as a pituitary donor for artificial propagation in aquaculture. Escapees from culture installations have become established in rivers and form the basis for capture fisheries on several Southeast Asian islands (Ref. 1739). Useful in cropping excessive vegetation in reservoirs (Ref. 2686). Used for lap pa (in the preparation of which the numerous small bones are ground fine) or grilled or used to make som pa. Usually marketed fresh and occasionally seen in the aquarium trade (Ref. 12693). A specimen measuring 45 cm TL (2,100 g) was reportedly caught from Dan Tchang Reservoir, Thailand on 8 July 2003 (Jean-Francois Helias, pers. comm., FISHING ADVENTURES THAILAND [mailto:fishasia@ksc.th.com] ).
Importance
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fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial; aquarium: commercial
分布
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原產於爪哇、蘇門答臘、馬來半島及中南半島等，民間以觀賞魚名義引入後，目前在臺灣西部各縣市溪流下游可見蹤跡，曾文溪流域中已有自然繁殖之族群。
利用
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觀賞用魚。
描述
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體高而側扁，輪廓略呈菱形，背緣線明顯隆起。頭短小而略呈三角形。吻短，前端略突出。具鬚2對，吻鬚細且短，較不易看見；頜鬚長而明顯。體被中大型圓鱗。體呈銀白色，體背淺灰褐色，腹側淡白。背鰭及胸鰭灰白色，略帶淡橘色；腹鰭、臀鰭及尾鰭具明顯的黃色至橘黃色之鰭膜。背鰭IV,8
；臀鰭3, 8；胸鰭1, 13-15；腹鰭1,
8；測線鱗數29-30；側線上鱗列數6。
棲地
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初級淡水魚，主要棲息於溪流的緩流區、湖埤或池塘中的中下層水域。雜食性，以水聲昆蟲、底藻及植物碎屑等為食。
Java barb
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Deep fried chunk of pickled silver barb (
pla som)
The Java barb (Barbonymus gonionotus; Thai: ตะเพียน Ta-phian; Lao: Pa keng; Khmer: ត្រីឆ្ពិន Trey Chpin; Indonesian: Tawes; Vietnamese: Mè Vinh ), more commonly known as silver barb in aquaculture, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Barbonymus.
Description
The Java barb has a strongly compressed body with an elevated back caused by an arched dorsal profile. It has a small head with a short, pointed snout and a terminal mouth, the snout's length is less than the diameter of the eye. It has very small barbels, with the upper barbels being minute, even disappearing entirely. The colour of fresh specimens is silvery white, occasionally tinted with gold. The dorsal and caudal fins are grey to grey-yellow while the anal and pelvic fins are pale orange with reddish tips and the pectoral fins are pale yellow. It has very few tubercles on the snout and these are only visible when magnified. The dorsal fin has four spines and eight soft rays while the anal fin has 3 spines and 6-7 branched rays. The males can grow to 40.5 cm in total length.[2]
Distribution
The Java barb's natural distribution ranges from Vietnam, where it has been recorded in the Mekong Delta and Dong Nai River, through the basin of the Mekong to the Chao Phraya basin in Thailand. It is also found on Sumatra and Java and has been recorded from the Rajang Basin in Sarawak, Borneo. An introduced population has been found in Peninsular Malaysia.[1]
Habitat and ecology
The Java barb is found in the middle of the water column to the bottom in rivers, streams, floodplains, and sometimes in reservoirs. It shows and apparent preference for still water habitats rather than flowing waters. During periods of raised water levels it moves into flooded forest. Its diet consists of plant matter such as leaves, weeds, Ipomea reptans and Hydrilla as well as some invertebrates. It is not a long distance migrant but is a local migrant in the Mekong showing a rainy season movement from the main river channel into small streams and canals and then into flooded areas returning as the water recedes. The upstream migration of the Java barb seems to be triggered by the first rains and rising water levels.[2]
Aquaculture
The silver barb is one of the five most important aquacultured freshwater species in Thailand.[3] The silver barb is a short-cycle species that, like tilapia, can be farmed with low technology and relatively less effort than other species, being thus popular as a farmed fish in Bangladesh, where it is known as Thai sharputi.[4] The pituitary gland of the Java barb is frequently used to enable artificial propagation of other species of fish in aquaculture. Escaped farmed Java barb have established populations which support fisheries on several Southeast Asian islands.[2] This species is also considered to be useful in controlling excessive vegetation in reservoirs. It can be infrequently found in the aquarium trade.[1]
In fish farms, silver barbs rarely exceed 40 cm (16 in) in length and 1.5 kg (3 lb 5 oz) in weight. However, a 2.8 kg (6 lb 3 oz) specimen was caught in the Teak Tree Lake in Thailand and the rod and reel record with a weight of 13 kg (28 lb 11 oz) and a length of 90 cm (35 in) was caught in Malaysia.[5]
It is an important food fish in Thai, Lao and Cambodian cuisine. In Laos it is commonly used as an ingredient for larb.[6] In Thailand it is usually either pickled as pla som (ปลาส้ม)[7] or boiled in tom yam.
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Java barb: Brief Summary
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Java barb (Barbonymus gonionotus),
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West Java Deep fried chunk of pickled silver barb (
pla som)
The Java barb (Barbonymus gonionotus; Thai: ตะเพียน Ta-phian; Lao: Pa keng; Khmer: ត្រីឆ្ពិន Trey Chpin; Indonesian: Tawes; Vietnamese: Mè Vinh ), more commonly known as silver barb in aquaculture, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Barbonymus.
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