Leptobarbus melanotaenia

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Leptobarbus melanotaenia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Suborder: Cyprinoidei
Family: Leptobarbidae
Genus: Leptobarbus
Species:
L. melanotaenia
Binomial name
Leptobarbus melanotaenia
Boulenger, 1894

Leptobarbus melanotaenia, or the Bornean Sultan Fish, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Leptobarbus. It occurs in freshwater basins in Borneo. This species is a preferred food fish to be caught by local communities.[2]

  • Called Hanyan by the Merap community[2]
  • Called Sayen by the Kenyah community[2]
  • Called Anyen by the Punan community[2]

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