Hemibarbus maculatus
Spotted Steed
Formerly Barbus semibarbus Günther, 1889 · Acanthogobio paltschevskii Nikolskii, 1904 · Hemibarbus joiteni Jordan & Starks, 1904 · Hemibarbus longibarbis Fang, 1938
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Quick facts
Difficulty3 of 6 measures
More bars, more demanding.
- Space
- very large tank
- Water
- unknown
- Temp
- unknown
- Temperament
- unknown
- Social
- shoal
- Compatibility
- community tank
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.
Etymology
Hemibarbus: from the Ancient Greek ἡμι- (hēmi-), meaning 'half', and the generic name Barbus, to which members appear similar.
maculatus: from the Latin maculatus, meaning 'spotted', in allusion to this species' colour pattern.
Distribution
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.
Type locality is 'Chang Jiang [Yangtze River], China'.
Habitat
Predominantly a riverine fish preferring clear, well-oxygenated, running waters with substrates of sand, gravel, rock or mud.
Diet
Reproduction
In nature breeds between May and June with eggs deposited among aquatic vegetation.
Notes
This species can be distinguished from other members of the genus by the following combination of characters: 7-11 large blackish spots on each flank; body deep with clearly convex dorsal profile; head length shorter than body depth; snout length shorter or equal to postorbital head length; lips not developed, lateral lobes of lower lip narrow, without folds, the median process large and marked; barbel length ½-⅔ of eye diameter; dorsal spine strong, equal to HL, last simple ray ossified and thicker than branched rays; origin of dorsal fin closer to tip of snout than caudal-fin base; 6½ branched anal-fin rays.
References
- Yue, P. Q. (1995). A revision of the cyprinid fishes of the genus Hemibarbus in China (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 20(1), 116-123
- Kottelat, M. (2013). The fishes of the inland waters of southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibiography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 27, 1-663
- Kottelat, M. (2006). Fishes of Mongolia. A check-list of the fishes known to occur in Mongolia with comments on systematics and nomenclature. The World Bank. Washington, DC., i-xi + 1-103
- Bogutskaya, N. G., A. M. Naseka, S. V. Shedko, E. D. Vasil'eva and I. A. Chereshnev (2008). The fishes of the Amur River: updated check-list and zoogeography. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 19(4), 301-366
- Kottelat, M. (2001). Freshwater fishes of northern Vietnam. A preliminary check-list of the fishes known or expected to occur in northern Vietnam with comments on systematics and nomenclature. Environment and Social Development Unit, East Asia and Pacific Region. The World Bank, i-iii + 1-123 + 1-18
- Kottelat, M. (2001). Fishes of Laos. WHT Publications, Colombo, 1-198
- Bleeker, P. (1871). Mémoire sur les cyprinoïdes de Chine. Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen (Amsterdam) v. 12 (art. 2), 1-91
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