Cyprinidae

Goldfin tinfoil barb

Hypsibarbus malcolmi

Fifty Centimeters Carp of the Mekong Basin

• Yellow
• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• Asia (unspecified)
• Fusiform
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Goldfin tinfoil barb (Hypsibarbus malcolmi) is a species of cyprinid fish that is found in Southeast Asia. It is native to the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia and Thailand where it is used as a food fish and in the aquarium trade. malcolmi is named in honour of Malcolm Arthur Smith, an English herpetologist who studied reptiles and amphibians in Thailand.