Hampala

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Hampala
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Hampala ampalong
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Smiliogastrinae
Genus: Hampala
Kuhl & van Hasselt in van Hasselt, 1823 [1]
Type species
Hampala macrolepidota
Kuhl & van Hasselt, 1823 [1]
Species

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Synonyms [1]

Heteroleuciscus Sauvage, 1874

Hampala is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the family which includes the carps, barbs and related fishes. The species in this genus are found in South-East Asia.

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Species

Hampala contains the following species: [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Smiliogastrinae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Hampala". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  3. 1 2 Tan, H. H., & Grinang, J. (2025). Two new species of Hampala from Borneo (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 73, 1-14. https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/06/RBZ-2025-0018.pdf
  4. Panitvong, N. & Hui, T.H. (2025). A new species of Hampala (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Lower Tenasserim basin of Thailand. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 73, 243–260.