Importance:
Esomus metallicus
in USM Engineering Campus
Striped flying barb
(source: fishbase, Compiled by SSK)
| Esomus metallicus | ||||
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
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| Order: | Cypriniformes | |||
| Class: | Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) | |||
| FB name: | Striped flying barb | |||
| Max. size: | 7.5 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | benthopelagic; freshwater; brackish | |||
| Climate: | tropical; 22 - 26°C | |||
| Global Importance: |
fisheries: commercial | |||
| Distribution: | Asia: Mekong, Salween and Chao Phraya basins; also from the northern Malay Peninsula. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal softrays (total): 8-8; Anal soft-rays: 8-8. Has a prominent mid lateral stripe on the body; two pairs of barbels, with the anterior (rostral) barbels extending at most to posterior margin of eye . | |||
| Biology: | Usually associated with standing or slow-flowing, shallow waters . Abundant in flooded rice-paddies, canals and ditches. Avoids large rivers and only moves from temporarily inundated habitats if necessitated by seasonal habitat disappearance . Moves into seasonally inundated areas as soon as they are flooded. Feeds on zooplankton, terrestrial insects and aquatic insect larvae. Occasionally sold fresh and used to make prahoc | |||
| Threatened: | Not in IUCN Red List () , | |||
| Dangerous: | harmless | |||
| Main Ref: | Rainboth, W.J.. 1996. | |||