Java barb
Java barb or silver barb | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Genus: | Barbonymus |
Species: | B. gonionotus |
Binomial name | |
Barbonymus gonionotus (Bleeker, 1850) | |
Synonyms | |
Barbodes gonionotus (Bleeker, 1850) |
The Java barb, more commonly known as silver barb in aquaculture, (Barbonymus gonionotus) , Thai: ปลาตะเพียน Pla taphian; Lao Pa keng; Indonesian: Tawes, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Barbonymus.
Aquaculture
The silver barb it is one of the five most important aquacultured freshwater species in Thailand.[1] 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.[2]
In fish farms, silver barbs rarely exceed 40 cm in length and 1.50 kg in weight. However, a 2.80 kg specimen was caught in the Teak Tree Lake in Thailand and the rod & reel record with a weight of 13 kg and a length of 90 cm was caught in Malaysia.[3]
It is an important food fish in Thai, Lao and Cambodian cuisine. In Laos it is commonly used as an ingredient for lap pa.[4] In Thailand it is usually either pickled as pla som (ปลาส้ม)[5] or boiled in tom yam.
References
- ↑ "National Aquaculture Sector Overview - Thailand". Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- ↑ Women integrate fish and farming
- ↑ Fishing World Records
- ↑ Lap Pa Keng (Minced Raw Fish)
- ↑ Pla som, or sour fish
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Barbonymus gonionotus" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
External links
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