Fishes
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Leptobarbus hoevenii Bleeker 1851
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Common name: Hoven’s carp, Sultan
fish, mad barb.
Distribution: Thailand, Laos, Cambodia,
Vietnam; Peninsular Malaysia and the
Greater Sunda Islands of Sumatra and
Borneo (SeriouslyFish, 2014d).
Habitat: Large rivers, lakes, streams,
and floodplains.
Description: Body of this species is
sleek and built for speed. Caudal fin
is deeply forked. It is a plainly colored
fish with a dark blotch behind the  gill
cover. Young fish (<10 cm SL) exhibit
a faint  lateral  stripe with distinctive
orange-red finnage, a more rounded
head shape, different eye position,
shorter barbels, and more rounded caudal fin lobe. It has a maximum length of
1 m (SeriouslyFish, 2014d).
Hampala macrolepidota Kuhl & van Hasselt 1823
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Common name: Hampala barb.
Distribution: Brunei, Malaysia (Peninsular, Sarawak, and Sabah), and
Indonesia (Kalimantan, Sumatra, and
Java) (Bailly, 1997e).
Habitat: Clear rivers or streams with
running water and sandy to muddy
bottoms; found in most water bodies
except small creeks, torrents, and shallow swamps.
Description: This species has a black
bar between the dorsal and pelvic fins
in adults. Its orange to red caudal fin
has a black longitudinal, marginal
stripe along each lobe. Juveniles usually have an additional vertical bar on
the caudal peduncle. They also possess a black teardrop-shaped marking
on the cheek. Barbel is always longer
than eye width. Eyes are located in
the upper side of the head. It reaches
a maximum length of 70 cm (Bailly,
1997e).