- Java Barb
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For other fishes with the same name, see Silver barb.
Java Barb or Silver Barb 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Cypriniformes Family: Cyprinidae Genus: Barbonymus Species: B. gonionotus Binomial name Barbonymus gonionotus
(Bleeker, 1850)Synonyms Barbodes gonionotus (Bleeker, 1850)
Barbodes jolamarki (Smith, 1934)
Barbus gonionotus Bleeker, 1850
Barbus javanicus Bleeker, 1855
Barbus koilometopon Bleeker, 1857
Puntius gonionotus (Bleeker, 1850)
Puntius javanicus (Bleeker, 1855)
Puntius jolamarki Smith, 1934
Puntius viehoeveri Fowler, 1943
Deep fried chunk of pickled (Pla som) Silver Barb (Pla taphian)
The Java Barb, more commonly known as Silver Barb in aquaculture, (Barbonymus gonionotus), Thai: ปลาตะเพียน Pla taphian; Lao Pa keng; Indonesian: Tawes, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Barbonymus.
Aquaculture
The silver barb it is one of the five most important aquacultured freshwater species in Thailand.[1] The silver barb is a short-cycle species that, like Tilapia, can be farmed with low technology and relatively less effort than other species, being thus popular as a farmed fish in Bangladesh, where it is known as Thai Sharputi.[2]
In fish farms, Silver Barbs rarely exceed 40 cm in length and 1.50 kg in weight. However, a 2.80 kg specimen was caught in the Teak Tree Lake in Thailand and a record specimen that reached 13 kg with a length of 90 cm was caught in Malaysia.[3]
It is an important food fish in Thai, Lao and in Cambodian cuisine. In Laos it is commonly used as an ingredient for Lap Pa.[4] In Thailand it is usually either pickled as Pla som (ปลาส้ม)[5] or boiled in Tom yam.
References
- ^ "National Aquaculture Sector Overview - Thailand". Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. http://www.fao.org/fi/website/FIRetrieveAction.do?dom=countrysector&xml=naso_thailand.xml.
- ^ Women integrate fish and farming
- ^ Fishing world records
- ^ Lap Pa Keng (Minced Raw Fish)
- ^ Pla som, or sour fish
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Barbonymus gonionotus" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
External links
- Livelihood Opportunities for Upland Aquaculture
- Maximising the benefits of aquaculture in Cambodia’s Svay Rieng province
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