''Leptobarbus'', the cigar barbs, is a
genus
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of
cyprinoid ray-finned fishes, it is the only genus in the
monotypic
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family
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Leptobarbidae.
The fishes in this genus are native to freshwater habitats in
Southeast Asia
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. They are important
food fish
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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. 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.
[Kiew, PL (Kiew, Peck Loo) 1 ; Don, MM (Don, Mashitah Mat) 1 AUG 2013. JOURNAL OF FOOD PROCESS ENGINEERING
Volume: 36 Issue: 4 Pages: 428-438]
Species
''Leptobarbus'' contains the following species:
* ''
Leptobarbus hoevenii''
( Bleeker, 1851) (Hoven's carp, Mad barb, Sultan fish)
* ''
Leptobarbus hosii''
( Regan, 1906)
* ''
Leptobarbus melanopterus''
M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916
* ''
Leptobarbus melanotaenia''
Boulenger, 1894
* ''
Leptobarbus rubripinna''
( Fowler, 1937)
References
Cyprinid fish of Asia
Barbs (fish)
Cyprinidae genera
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