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Hemibarbus mylodon (BERG, 1907)

October 24th, 2014 — 6:34pm

Endemic to the Korean peninsula where it occurs throughout North Korea and South Korea.

Type locality is ‘Keumsan River, near Pusan, South Korea.’

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Hemibarbus longirostris (REGAN, 1908)

October 24th, 2014 — 6:15pm

A predominantly riverine fish preferring clear, well-oxygenated, running waters with substrates of sand, gravel, rock or mud, where adults tend to form schools just above the substrate in slower-moving sections.

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Hemibarbus labeo (PALLAS, 1776)

Barbel Steed

October 24th, 2014 — 5:16pm

This species can be distinguished from other members of the genus by the following combination of characters: absence of dark spots on body in adults; body elongate with slightly convex dorsal profile; head longer than body is deep; snout much longer than postorbital head length; lips well developed, lateral lobes of lower lip broad and thick with folds, median process small; barbel thickness shorter or equal to eye diameter; dorsal spine strong, ⅔ of HL; dorsal-fin origin closer to tip of snout than caudal-fin base base; 15+ gill rakers; 6½ branched anal-fin rays; posterior simple dorsal-fin rays ossified and spinous.

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Hemibarbus maculatus BLEEKER, 1871

Spotted Steed

October 24th, 2014 — 12:48pm

Widepread in eastern Asia between the Yangtze and Amur river basins, including China (mainland and islands of Taiwan and Hainan), Korea, Mongolia, Russia, and Japan. It probably been introduced to Vietnam and Laos, or records from these countries represent another species.

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Hampala sabana INGER & CHIN, 1962

October 23rd, 2014 — 9:14pm

Predominantly a riverine fish preferring clear, well-oxygenated, running waters with substrates of sand, gravel, rock or mud, and apparently displays a preference for deeper, slower-moving stretches.

In Sabah such habitats typically flow through tropical forest, although in recent years freshwater habitats throughout much of the state have been extensively modified by human activity such as conversion to palm or rubber plantations.

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Hampala bimaculata (POPTA, 1905)

October 23rd, 2014 — 7:08pm

Predominantly a riverine fish preferring clear, well-oxygenated, running waters with substrates of sand, gravel, rock or mud, typically flowing through tropical forest.

In the habitat seen in our images sympatric fish species included Barbonymus balleroides, B. collingwoodi, Cyclocheilichthys repasson, C. apogon, Diplocheilichthys pleurotaenia, Garra borneensis, Leptobarbus hosii, and an unidentified Gastromyzon sp.

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Garra theunensis KOTTELAT, 1998

October 22nd, 2014 — 2:54pm

This species can be distinguished from congeners in Southeast Asia and China by the following combination of characters: plain brown body and fins, sometimes with 6-8 narrow, faintly distinct, longitudinal stripes; snout triangular in dorsal view, with small tubercules and without transverse groove…

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Garra arupi NEBESHWAR, VISHWANATH & DAS, 2009

October 22nd, 2014 — 12:56pm

Known from the upper Brahmaputra River basin in Arunachal Pradesh state, northern India, with records from the lower Divang Valley and Lohit District.

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Garra surendranathanii SHAJI, ARUN & EASA, 1996

October 22nd, 2014 — 12:11pm

The type series was collected from a stream-like tributary of the Chalakkudy River at an altitude of 483 m AMSL. In March 1996 the habitat measured around 15 m across and comprised shallow (~ 20 cm deep) water flowing slowly through moist deciduous forest over a substrate of pebbles and boulders.

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Garra salweenica HORA & MUKERJI, 1934

October 22nd, 2014 — 10:52am

G. salweenica can be distinguished from other congeners inhabiting the Salween watershed by the following combinatuion of characters: body brownish; presence of a trilobed proboscis on the snout; snout blunt; a series of black spots at the base of the central dorsal-fin rays; presence of longitudinal stripes on the posterior portion of the body; a dark marking at the tip of the upper (and lower in some specimens) caudal-fin lobe; body depth 22.4-25.3 % SL.

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