Leptobarbus | |
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Leptobarbus rubripinna | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Leptobarbinae |
Genus: |
Leptobarbus Bleeker, 1860 |
Type species | |
Barbus hoevenii Bleeker, 1851
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Species | |
5, see text. | |
Synonyms | |
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Leptobarbus is a genus of cyprinid fish that are native to freshwater habitats in Southeast Asia. They are important food fish. [1] It is the only genus in the subfamily Leptobarbinae. Leptobarbus hoevenii or "sultan fish" migrate the fresh water rivers of Malaysia and travel at the surface in schools of 40-80 individuals at speeds of 0.48-1.08 km. [2] Acid-soluble collagen (ASC) and pepsin-soluble collagen (PSC) were extracted from the muscles of selected cultured catfish (hybrid of Clarias gariepinus x Clarias macrocephalus), red tilapia ( Oreochromis niloticus), black tilapia ( Oreochromis mossambicus), pangasius catfish ( Pangasianodon hypophthalmus), sultan fish (Leptobarbus hoevenii) and labyrinth fish ( Trichogaster trichopterus), freshwater fishes that are widely consumed in Malaysia. The extracted yields for the tested species were higher for PSC as compared with ASC. [3]
Leptobarbus | |
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Leptobarbus rubripinna | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Leptobarbinae |
Genus: |
Leptobarbus Bleeker, 1860 |
Type species | |
Barbus hoevenii Bleeker, 1851
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Species | |
5, see text. | |
Synonyms | |
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Leptobarbus is a genus of cyprinid fish that are native to freshwater habitats in Southeast Asia. They are important food fish. [1] It is the only genus in the subfamily Leptobarbinae. Leptobarbus hoevenii or "sultan fish" migrate the fresh water rivers of Malaysia and travel at the surface in schools of 40-80 individuals at speeds of 0.48-1.08 km. [2] Acid-soluble collagen (ASC) and pepsin-soluble collagen (PSC) were extracted from the muscles of selected cultured catfish (hybrid of Clarias gariepinus x Clarias macrocephalus), red tilapia ( Oreochromis niloticus), black tilapia ( Oreochromis mossambicus), pangasius catfish ( Pangasianodon hypophthalmus), sultan fish (Leptobarbus hoevenii) and labyrinth fish ( Trichogaster trichopterus), freshwater fishes that are widely consumed in Malaysia. The extracted yields for the tested species were higher for PSC as compared with ASC. [3]