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Hampala barb

Hampala macrolepidota Kuhl & Van Hasselt, 1823

Status not recordedbony fish

The hampala barb (Hampala macrolepidota) is a species in the family Cyprinidae, order Cypriniformes.

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Quick facts about the hampala barb

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the hampala barb live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the hampala barb as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Singapore

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the hampala barb endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the hampala barb classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCypriniformes
  5. familyCyprinidae
  6. genusHampala
  7. SpeciesHampala macrolepidota Kuhl & Van Hasselt, 1823

Synonyms Barbus hampal, Barbus macrolepidotus, Capoeta macrolepidota, Heterolenciscus jullieni, Heteroleuciscus jullieni

Other names and names in other languages (10)
  • hampala velkošupinnáCzech
  • HampalIndonesian
  • SebarauMalay
  • ГампалаRussian
  • ปลาขมThai
  • Барбус ХампалаRussian
  • ปลากระสูบThai
  • ปลากระสูบขีดThai
  • ปลากระสูบขีัดThai
  • ปลาสิกThai

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the hampala barb

Other species in the same genus Hampala.

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Common questions

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Is the hampala barb an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the hampala barb as introduced in 1 country: Singapore, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the hampala barb?

The hampala barb (Hampala macrolepidota) belongs to the family Cyprinidae in the order Cypriniformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Hampala barb (Hampala macrolepidota). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/hampala-barb

MLA

“Hampala barb (Hampala macrolepidota).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/hampala-barb.

BibTeX
@misc{hampala_barb_2026,
  title = {Hampala barb (Hampala macrolepidota)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/hampala-barb},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}