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Cyprinidae
Giant barb
Catlocarpio siamensis
Critically Endangered Carp of the Mekong Basin
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Asia (unspecified)
- Fusiform
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Fusiform
LargeGiant barb is known around Asia as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and the largest recorded length is 300 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Catlocarpio
- Maximum length
- 300 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Asia: Maeklong (Ref. 26336 ), Mekong and Chao Phraya basins (Ref. 12693 ).
- Conservation status
- CRCritically Endangered
Class
Family
Conservation status
