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Clown barb
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Barbodes
Species: B. everetti
Binomial name
Barbodes everetti
(Boulenger, 1894)
Synonyms
  • Barbus everetti Boulenger, 1894
  • Puntius everetti (Boulenger, 1894)

Barbodes everetti, the clown barb or Everett's barb is a species of cyprinid fish native to Borneo and Sumatra. It inhabits clear streams in forested foothills and can also be found in forest floor puddles as shallow as 15 centimetres (5.9 in) or less. Its diet consists of small crustaceans, worms, insects and plant material. This species can reach a length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in) TL. It can also be found in the aquarium trade.

Biology

Like other fish species, Barbodes everetti has been documented to have antimicrobial peptides in its slime coat. These compounds likely give the fish some degree of protection from bacterial infection, and even from human pathogens.

Conservation Status

The IUCN lists this species as "Least Concern", though wild populations are likely declining due to a combination of habitat loss, pollution, and being captured for use in aquaria.

See also

References

  1. ^ IUCN (2020-04-20). Barbodes everetti: Lumbantobing, D.: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T70033256A90996468 (Report). International Union for Conservation of Nature. doi:10.2305/iucn.uk.2020-3.rlts.e.T70033256A90996468.en.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Barbodes everetti". FishBase. October 2013 version.
  3. Kottelat, M. (2013): The Fishes of the Inland Waters of Southeast Asia: A Catalogue and Core Bibliography of the Fishes Known to Occur in Freshwaters, Mangroves and Estuaries. Archived December 2, 2013, at the Wayback Machine The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 2013, Supplement No. 27: 1–663.
  4. Lim, Jiazhen; Lee, Yang; Sulaiman, Badiozaman; Bilung, Lesley Maurice; Chong, Yee Ling (2018). "Antibacterial Activity of the Epidermal Mucus of Barbodes everetti". Trends in Undergraduate Research. 1 (1): 40–44.
Taxon identifiers
Puntius everetti


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