| Leptobarbus | |
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| Leptobarbus rubripinna | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leptobarbidae Bleeker, 1864 |
| Genus: | Leptobarbus Bleeker, 1860 |
| Type species | |
| Barbus hoevenii Bleeker, 1851 | |
| Species | |
5, see text. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Leptobarbus, the cigar barbs, is a genus of cyprinoid ray-finned fishes, it is the only genus in the monotypic family Leptobarbidae. [1] The fishes in this genus are native to freshwater habitats in Southeast Asia. They are important food fish. [2] It is the only genus in the subfamily Leptobarbinae. Leptobarbus hoevenii or "sultan fish" migrate the fresh water rivers of Malaysia and travel at the surface in schools of 40-80 individuals at speeds of 0.48-1.08 km. [3] Acid-soluble collagen (ASC) and pepsin-soluble collagen (PSC) were extracted from the muscles of selected cultured catfish (hybrid of Clarias gariepinus x Clarias macrocephalus ), red tilapia ( Oreochromis niloticus ), black tilapia ( Oreochromis mossambicus ), pangasius catfish ( Pangasianodon hypophthalmus ), sultan fish (Leptobarbus hoevenii) and labyrinth fish ( Trichogaster trichopterus ), freshwater fishes that are widely consumed in Malaysia. The extracted yields for the tested species were higher for PSC as compared with ASC. [4]
