Hoven's carp | |
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A juvenile L. hoevenii lacks the midlateral black line of L. rubripinna (often confused with the very similar L. hoevenii) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Leptobarbinae |
Genus: | Leptobarbus |
Species: | L. hoevenii
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Binomial name | |
Leptobarbus hoevenii (Bleeker, 1851)
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Hoven's carp (Leptobarbus hoevenii; Jelawat in Malay), also known as the mad barb or sultan fish, is a species of fish in the barb family.
Named in honor of Bleeker’s fellow Dutchman, "le célèbre professeur de zoologie" Jan van der Hoeven (1801–1868).[2]