''Hampala'' is a genus of freshwater

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belonging to the

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, the family which includes the carps, barbs and related fishes. The fishies in this genus are found in

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Species

''Hampala'' contains the following species: * ''

Hampala ampalong ''Hampala ampalong'' is a species of freshwater Actinopterygii, ray-finned fish belonging to the Family (biology), family Cyprinidae, the family which includes the carps, barbs and related fishes. This species is found in Sumatra and western Born ...

'' ( Bleeker 1852) * ''

Hampala bimaculata ''Hampala bimaculata'' is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the family which includes the carps, barbs and related fishes. This species is found in Borneo and has a maximum total length Fish measurement ...

'' ( Popta 1905) * ''

Hampala dispar ''Hampala dispar'', also known as the eye-spot barb or the spotted hampala barb, is a southeast Asian species of cyprinid, endemic to the basin of the Mekong. It is found in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. Anatomy and appearance ''Hampala dispar'' ...

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, 1934 * ''

Hampala lopezi ''Hampala lopezi'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found only in the Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast As ...

'' Herre, 1924 * ''

Hampala macrolepidota ''Hampala macrolepidota'', the hampala barb, is a relatively large southeast Asian species of cyprinid from the Mekong and Chao Phraya basins, as well as Peninsular Malaysia and the Greater Sundas (Borneo, Java and Sumatra). It prefers running ...

'' Kuhl & van Hasselt, 1823 (Hampala barb) * ''

Hampala sabana ''Hampala sabana'' is a species of cyprinid in the genus ''Hampala'' that is native to Malaysia Description This species reaches a maximum length of and has a distinctive single dark band below the dorsal fin similar to that of ''Barbodes se ...

'' Inger & P. K. Chin, 1962 * ''

Hampala salweenensis ''Hampala salweenensis'' is a southeast Asian species of cyprinid, endemic to the basin of the Salween in Thailand and Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official Engli ...

'' A. Doi & Y. Taki, 1994

References

External links

Hampala Barb

Southeast Asian Fisheries - Hampala macrolepidota

A New Cyprinid Fish, Hampala salweenensis, from the Mae Pai River
Smiliogastrinae Taxa named by Heinrich Kuhl Taxa named by Johan Conrad van Hasselt Cyprinid fish of Asia Cyprinidae genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Cyprinidae-stub