Leptobarbus hosii

Leptobarbus hosii
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Suborder:	Cyprinoidei
Family:	Leptobarbidae
Genus:	Leptobarbus
Species:	L. hosii
Binomial name
Leptobarbus hosii (Regan, 1906)
Distribution of Leptobarbus hosii
Synonyms
Barbus hosiiRegan, 1906

Leptobarbus hosii, the Sayan Barb, also locally called as Piam and Temopong, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Leptobarbus from freshwater habitats in northern Borneo in southeast Asia. However, a previously unknown population has been recorded in West Kalimantan. ^[2]

Close up on the eye of L. hosii from Sarawak, Malaysia

Named in honor of Charles Hose (1863–1929), British colonial administrator in Borneo, zoologist and ethnologist, who collected the type specimen. ^[3]

Description

Little is known of the species except for its appearance. ^[4] The fins are red to maroon, while near the gill plate and above the pelvic fin there is a black vertical spot. It does not have a black lateral line running along its body, unlike L. melanotaenia and L. rubripinna.

Maxing out at 8.5 cm, ^[5] it is possibly the smallest member of its genus.

References

1. Lumbantobing, D. (2019). "Leptobarbus hosii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T169517A91005445. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T169517A91005445.en . Retrieved 18 February 2025.
2. Haryono (2020-07-01). "Fish community structure and distribution at Lake Siawan, West Kalimantan, Indonesia". IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. 535 (1) 012051. doi: 10.1088/1755-1315/535/1/012051 . ISSN   1755-1307. S2CID   225362223.
3. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Families LEPTOBARBIDAE, XENOCYPRIDIDAE and TINCIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 1 February 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
4. "Leptobarbus hosii". Malaysia Biodiversity Information System (MyBIS). Retrieved 2023-01-29.
5. "Leptobarbus hosii". www.fishbase.se. Retrieved 2023-01-29.