Spinibarbus denticulatus, the phoenix barborChinese phoenix barb, is an Asian species of cyprinid freshwater fish of the subfamily Spinibarbinae.[2][3] This fish is found in the Yuanjiang (Yangtze system) and Pearl basins, freshwater systems of Hainan, and Yangzong and Fuxian Lakes in China, in the Nam Ma River in Laos, in the Red, Gâm and Lô basins, and freshwater system from Nghệ AntoQuảng Trị province in Vietnam.[1][4] It occurs in large to medium rivers, deep pools of streams, in lakes and reservoirs,[1][2] and it has a quite broad temperature tolerance, between at least 9 and 30 °C (48–86 °F).[4] Overall the species is widespread, but some local populations have been reduced due to overfishing, habitat loss and pollution.[1] It is an importannt food fish that sometimes is aquacultured,[4][5] and also kept as a garden pondoraquarium fish.[3]
S. denticulatus can reach 30 kg (66 lb) in weight and at least 69 cm (27 in) in length, although individuals above 8 kg (18 lb) are rare, and a typical size is 1–1.5 kg (2.2–3.3 lb) in weight and 40 cm (16 in) long.[3][4][6] Females can reach a larger size than males.[6] Whereas immatures are dull-coloued, adults of this fast-growing species have red to the fins and head.[3] It can live for more than a decade,[6] and it is herbivorous.[3][4]
^ abcdeTrung, D.V.; Bart, A. (2006). "A Preliminary Study on the Maturation and Reproduction of Spinibarbus denticulatus (Oshima, 1926), an Indigenous Species of Northern Vietnam". Asian Fisheries Science. 19: 349–362. doi:10.33997/j.afs.2006.19.4.003.
^Bart, A.; Trung, D.V. (2007). "Controlled reproduction of an important indigenous fish species, Spinibarbus denticulatus (Oshima, 1926), in Southeast Asia". International Journal of Biology. 38 (5): 441–451. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2109.2006.01643.x.
