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Goldfin tinfoil barb

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Goldfin tinfoil barb
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Hypsibarbus
Species:
H. malcolmi
Binomial name
Hypsibarbus malcolmi
(Smith, 1945)
Synonyms
  • Acrossocheilus malcolmi Smith, 1945
  • Poropuntius malcolmi (Smith, 1945)

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.[2]

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  1. ^ Baird, I.; Allen, D.J. (2011). "Hypsibarbus malcolmi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T180843A7652840. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T180843A7652840.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Uk-katawewat, Sompote (2004). สาระน่ารู้ปลาน้ำจืดไทย เล่ม ๑ [Knowledge of Thai Freshwater Fishes, Vol. 1] (in Thai). Bangkok: Khurusapa Business Organization. p. 91. ISBN 974-00-8701-9.