Leptobarbus hosii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leptobarbinae
Genus: Leptobarbus
Species:
L. hosii
Binomial name
Leptobarbus hosii
(Regan, 1906)
Disitribution of Leptobarbus hosii
Synonyms
  • Barbus hosii Regan, 1906

Leptobarbus hosii, the Sayan Barb, also locally called as Piam and Temopong, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Leptobarbus from freshwater habitats in northern Borneo in southeast Asia. However, a previously unknown population has been recorded in West Kalimantan.[2]

Close up on the eye of L. hosii from Sarawak, Malaysia

Named in honor of Charles Hose (1863–1929), British colonial administrator in Borneo, zoologist and ethnologist, who collected the type specimen.[3]

Description

Little is known of the species except for its appearance.[4] The fins are red to maroon, while near the gill plate and above the pelvic fin there is a black vertical spot. It does not have a black lateral line running along its body, unlike L. melanotaenia and L. rubripinna.

Maxing out at 8.5 cm,[5] it is possibly the smallest member of its genus.

References

  1. ↑ Jenkins, A.; Kullander, F.F.; Tan, H.H. (2009). "Leptobarbus hosii". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T169517A6641330. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169517A6641330.en.
  2. ↑ Haryono (2020-07-01). "Fish community structure and distribution at Lake Siawan, West Kalimantan, Indonesia". IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. 535 (1): 012051. doi:10.1088/1755-1315/535/1/012051. ISSN 1755-1307. S2CID 225362223.
  3. ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Families LEPTOBARBIDAE, XENOCYPRIDIDAE and TINCIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  4. ↑ "Leptobarbus hosii". Malaysia Biodiversity Information System (MyBIS). Retrieved 2023-01-29.
  5. ↑ "Leptobarbus hosii". www.fishbase.se. Retrieved 2023-01-29.


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