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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Hypsibarbus |
| Species: | H. wetmorei
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| Hypsibarbus wetmorei (H. M. Smith, 1931)
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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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hypsibarbus wetmorei". FishBase. November 2016 version.
- ^ Fishing World Records: Hypsibarbus wetmorei. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Royal Society of Thailand. "กระพาก". Royal Institute Dictionary (in Thai)..
- ^ คำสิงห์, อภิวัฒน์ (2010-10-01). "เทคโนโลยีการประมง". Technologychaoban Magazine (in Thai). Archived from the original on 2018-04-19. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
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