Freshwater
Hoven's carp
Leptobarbus hoevenii
Leptobarbidae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 100 cm
- Body shape
- Elongated
Care
- Group
- Missing
- Smallest aquarium
- 21,000 liters
- Diet
- Missing
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Behavior
- Temperament
- Missing
- Swims
- Missing
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Water values
Smallest tank
Range
Native
Lives wild in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam.
More about the species
Description
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. 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. Eating flesh of the fish can cause nausea in humans.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Barbus hoevenii
- Filirasbora rubripinna
- Leptobarbus hoenenii
- Leptobarbus hoeveni
In other languages
- Maroonhaj, Hovens Barbe
- Punapyrstöbarbi, Siaminbarbi
- Golden shark, Mad barb, Pink tailed barb, River carp, Sudan fish
Articles
All articles
How to set up an Asian aquarium5 min read
Two aquariums from Southeast Asia: calm forest streams and peat swamps with soft, brown water, and fast mountain streams with cool, oxygen-rich water.
How to add new fish4 min read
From the store to the tank: how to get the fish used to your water, why you should add only a few at a time, and what to watch for in the first few days.
Quarantine for new fish3 min read
Why new fish should live in a tank of their own for a few weeks before they move in, what you need, and what to look for.
Ich (white spot)4 min read
The most common disease in aquarium fish. How to recognize it, why it shows up, and how to get rid of it.