Maroon Shark

Leptobarbus hoevenii

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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. It is native to freshwater habitats in the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Borneo and Sumatra. Populations further north in the Chao Phraya and Mekong Basins were included in this species until 2009, but are now considered a separate species, L. rubripinna. The two are frequently confused and the same common names have been...

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  1. (c) bob|P-&-S, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/mahbobyusof/3992922491/
  2. (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptobarbus_hoevenii

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