Spinibarbus denticulatus: Difference between revisions

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author=Huckstorf, V. |year=2012 |title=''Spinibarbus denticulatus'' |volume=2012 |page=e.T166878A1146430 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T166878A1146430.en |access-date=1 August 2021}}</ref>

| image = Suoi ca Cam Luong.jpg

| image_caption = Many ''Spinibarbus denticulatus'' in Cẩm Lương stream, [[Cẩm Thủy]], Vietnam

|authority=[[Masamitsu Ōshima|Ōshima]], 1926}}

'''''Spinibarbus denticulatus''''', the '''phoenix barb''' or '''Chinese phoenix barb''', is an Asian species of [[cyprinid]] freshwater fish of the subfamily [[Spinibarbinae]].<ref name=FishBase>{{FishBase genus | genus = Spinibarbus | species = denticulatus | month = June | year = 2022 }}</ref><ref name=AqGlaser>{{cite web| title=Spinibarbus denticulatus | url=https://www.aquariumglaser.de/en/fish-archives/spinibarbus_denticulatus_en/ | date=29 March 2012 | publisher=AquariumGlaser | access-date=6 June 2022 }}</ref> This fish is found in China in the [[Yuan River|Yuanjiang]] ([[Yangtze]] system) and [[Pearl River|Pearl]] basins, freshwater systems of [[Hainan]], and [[Yangzong Lake|Yangzong]] and [[Fuxian Lake]]s, in Laos in the [[Mã River|Mã (Nam Ma)]] basin, and in Vietnam in the [[Red River (Asia)|Red]], [[Gâm River|Gâm]], [[Lô River|Lô]] and Mã (Nam Ma) basins, and freshwater systems from [[Nghệ An province|Nghệ An]] to [[Quảng Trị province]].<ref name=iucn/><ref name=Trung2006>{{cite journal | last1=Trung | first1=D.V. | last2=Bart | first2=A. | year=2006 | title=A Preliminary Study on the Maturation and Reproduction of Spinibarbus denticulatus (Oshima, 1926), an Indigenous Species of Northern Vietnam | journal=Asian Fisheries Science | volume=19 | issue=4 | pages=349–362 | doi=10.33997/j.afs.2006.19.4.003 | doi-access=free }}</ref> It occurs in large to medium rivers, deep pools of streams, in lakes and reservoirs,<ref name=iucn/><ref name=FishBase/> and it has a quite broad temperature tolerance, between at least {{cvt|9|and(-)|30|C|F}} depending on season.<ref name=Trung2006/> Overall the species is widespread, but some local populations have been reduced due to [[overfishing]], habitat loss and pollution.<ref name=iucn/> It is an important food fish that sometimes is [[aquaculture]]d,<ref name=Trung2006/><ref>{{cite journal | last1=Bart | first1=A. | last2=Trung | first2=D.V. | year=2007 | title=Controlled reproduction of an important indigenous fish species, Spinibarbus denticulatus (Oshima, 1926), in Southeast Asia | journal= Aquaculture Research| volume=38 | issue=5 | pages=441–451 | doi=10.1111/j.1365-2109.2006.01643.x | doi-access=free }}</ref> and also kept as a [[garden pond]] or [[aquarium]] fish.<ref name=AqGlaser/> Large numbers of the species can be found in the Cẩm Lương stream in [[Cẩm Thủy]], Vietnam, where it is considered sacred and the locals protect and feed it, and it is also a tourist attraction.<ref>{{cite news| title=Ba đàn cá thần dân không dám ăn thịt ở Thanh Hóa | url=https://zingnews.vn/ba-dan-ca-than-dan-khong-dam-an-thit-o-thanh-hoa-post441719.html | date=17 August 2014 | publisher=ZingNews | access-date=18 June 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title=Suối cá thần Cẩm Lương (Cẩm Thuỷ, Thanh Hoá): Hiện tượng thiên nhiên kỳ thú | url=https://thuonghieucongluan.com.vn/suoi-ca-than-cam-luong-cam-thuy-thanh-hoa-hien-tuong-thien-nhien-ky-thu-a75226.html | date=13 May 2019 | publisher=thuonghieucongluan.com.vn | access-date=18 June 2022 }}</ref>

''S. denticulatus'' can reach {{cvt|30|kg|lb}} in weight and at least {{cvt|69|cm|in}} in [[standard length]], although individuals above {{cvt|8|kg|lb}} are rare, and a typical size is {{cvt|1-1.5|kg|lb}} in weight and {{cvt|40|cm|in}} long.<ref name=AqGlaser/><ref name=Trung2006/> Females are generally larger than males of the same age.<ref name=Trung2006/> Whereas immatures are dull-coloued, adults of this fast-growing species have red to the fins and head.<ref name=AqGlaser/> During the spawning season both sexes –but especially the males– become more colourful and iridescent.<ref name=Trung2006/> It can live for more than a decade, and it is [[herbivorous]].<ref name=AqGlaser/><ref name=Trung2006/>

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[[Category:Spinibarbus|denticulatus]]

[[Category:Freshwater fish of China]]

[[Category:Fish of Laos]]

[[Category:Fish of Vietnam]]

[[Category:Fish described in 1926]]