Jullien's Golden Carp

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Jullien's Golden Carp
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Cypriniformes Family: Cyprinidae Genus: Probarbus Species: P. jullieni
Binomial name
Probarbus jullieni Sauvage, 1880

The Jullien's Golden Carp, Seven-striped Barb, Barbeau De Jullien, or Carpilla Ikan Temoleh (Probarbus jullieni) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family. It is found in Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. It is large, attaining 150 cm in length and 70 kg in weight, and resides primarily in the main stems of major rivers such as the Mekong. It is considered an excellent food fish but it expensive due to scarcity. Overfishing is considered the primary cause for the precarious status of the fish.

[edit] Source

• Kottelat, M. 1996. Probarbus jullieni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
• "Probarbus jullieni". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.