Hypsibarbus wetmorei

Species of fish

Hypsibarbus wetmorei

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Cypriniformes
Family:  | Cyprinidae
Genus:  | Hypsibarbus
Species:  |

H. wetmorei

Binomial name
Hypsibarbus wetmorei

(H. M. Smith, 1931)

Synonyms

* Puntius wetmorei Smith, 1931
* Poropuntius wetmorei (Smith, 1931)
* Puntius daruphani Smith, 1934
* Barbus daruphani (Smith, 1934)
* Barbus beasleyi Fowler, 1937
* Puntius beasleyi (Fowler, 1937)

Hypsibarbus wetmorei, the golden belly barb, lemon fin barb,lemon barb or Kerai (often spelled as Krai) is a species of cyprinid fish. It is native to the Mae Klong, Mekong, Chao Phraya, Tapi and Pahang rivers in Mainland Southeast Asia.[1][2] Although locally common and considered to be a species of Least Concern, it is threatened (at least in parts of its range) by overfishing, dams and pollution.[1] It typically reaches 25 cm (10 in) in length,[2] but has been recorded up to about 70 cm (2 ft 4 in).[3]

It is very popular as a fish for consumption including an ornamental fish, especially in shorter-than-normal shapes called "balloon" or "Pla san" (Thai: ปลาสั้น; lit: shorted fish or dwarf fish[4]). This species in Thailand was vernacular named Pla Tapak (ปลาตะพาก), Pla Tapak Lueng (ปลาตะพากเหลือง), Pla Tapak Thong (ปลาตะพากทอง) or Pla Krapak (ปลากระพาก) according to the poem of King Rama V "Journey to Sai Yok" (ประพาสไทรโยค) etc.[5]

Artificial insemination was first performed by the Kamphaengpet Inland Fisheries Research and Development Center since 2010 and collected the harvested returns to natural water sources for conservation.[6]

## References

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1. ^ a b c Rainboth, W. (2012). "Hypsibarbus wetmorei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T181331A1722850. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T181331A1722850.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hypsibarbus wetmorei". FishBase. November 2016 version.
3. ^ Fishing World Records: Hypsibarbus wetmorei. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
4. ^ Nanconnection (2003). (แอบ)คุยเรื่องปลาตู้ โครงการ 2 : ปลาอโรตัวเป็นวาน่าเลี้ยง [(Secretly) talk about the aquarium fish. Project 2: Aro fish is a Wana] (in Thai). Bangkok: SE-ED Book Center. ISBN 9789745348653.
5. ^ Royal Society of Thailand. "กระพาก". Royal Institute Dictionary (in Thai)..
6. ^ คำสิงห์, อภิวัฒน์ (2010-10-01). "เทคโนโลยีการประมง". Technologychaoban Magazine (in Thai). Archived from the original on 2018-04-19. Retrieved 2018-04-19.

Taxon identifiers

Hypsibarbus wetmorei|

* Wikidata: Q310143
* Wikispecies: Hypsibarbus wetmorei
* BOLD: 367047
* CoL: 6N52J
* EoL: 581725
* FishBase: 27121
* GBIF: 2365518
* iNaturalist: 187558
* IRMNG: 11338086
* ITIS: 689251
* IUCN: 181331
* NCBI: 370359
* Open Tree of Life: 620237
* WoRMS: 1026559

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