Biology:Hampala

Short description: Genus of fishes

Hampala
Hampala ampalong
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Genus:	Hampala Kuhl & van Hasselt in van Hasselt, 1823
Type species
Hampala macrolepidota Kuhl & van Hasselt, 1823
Species
See text
Synonyms
Heteroleuciscus Sauvage, 1874

Hampala is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae found in South-East Asia.

Species

• Hampala ampalong (Bleeker, 1852)
• Hampala bimaculata (Popta, 1905)
• Hampala dispar H. M. Smith, 1934 (Hampala Endemic Pelalawan, Tambak River, Riau Indonesia)
• Hampala lopezi Herre, 1924
• Hampala macrolepidota Kuhl & van Hasselt, 1823 (Hampala Barb)
• Hampala sabana Inger & P. K. Chin, 1962
• Hampala salweenensis A. Doi & Y. Taki, 1994

References

• Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Hampala in FishBase. August 2011 version.

External links

• Hampala Barb
• Southeast Asian Fisheries - Hampala macrolepidota
• A New Cyprinid Fish, Hampala salweenensis, from the Mae Pai River

Wikidata ☰ Q2632135 entry