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Mad barb

Leptobarbus hoevenii (Bleeker, 1851)

Status not recordedbony fish

The mad barb (Leptobarbus hoevenii) is a species in the family Cyprinidae, order Cypriniformes.

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Quick facts about the mad 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 mad barb live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

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

  1. China

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 mad 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 mad barb classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCypriniformes
  5. familyCyprinidae
  6. genusLeptobarbus
  7. SpeciesLeptobarbus hoevenii (Bleeker, 1851)

Synonyms Barbus hoevenii, Leptobarbus hoenenii, Leptobarbus hoeveni

Other names and names in other languages (13)
  • Hoven's carpEnglish
  • Sultan barbEnglish
  • Sultan fishEnglish
  • amuřice HoevenovaCzech
  • MaroonhajDanish
  • SiambarbeGerman
  • JelawatIndonesian
  • Торпедовидный барбусRussian
  • ปลาบ้าThai
  • Cá chàiVietnamese
  • Rotflossen-SchlankbarbeGerman
  • ปลาบ้า ปลาอ้ายบ้าThai
  • BaThai

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the mad barb

Other species in the same genus Leptobarbus.

Sayan barb

Leptobarbus hosii

CyprinidaeNo free photo yet

Saltan fish

Leptobarbus rubripinna

CyprinidaeNo free photo yet

CompareMad barb vs Sayan barbMad barb vs Red-cheeked sultanMad barb vs Bornean sultan fishMad barb vs Saltan fish

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the mad barb an invasive species?

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

What kind of animal is the mad barb?

The mad barb (Leptobarbus hoevenii) belongs to the family Cyprinidae in the order Cypriniformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Mad barb (Leptobarbus hoevenii). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/mad-barb

MLA

“Mad barb (Leptobarbus hoevenii).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/mad-barb.

BibTeX
@misc{mad_barb_2026,
  title = {Mad barb (Leptobarbus hoevenii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/mad-barb},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}