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Saltan fish

Leptobarbus rubripinna (Fowler, 1937)

Status not recordedbony fish

The saltan fish (Leptobarbus rubripinna) is a species in the family Cyprinidae, order Cypriniformes.

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Quick facts about the saltan fish

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 saltan fish live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the saltan fish 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 saltan fish 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 saltan fish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCypriniformes
  5. familyCyprinidae
  6. genusLeptobarbus
  7. SpeciesLeptobarbus rubripinna (Fowler, 1937)

Synonyms Filirasbora, Filirasbora rubripinna, Laptobarbus rubripinna, Leptobarbus rubripinnus

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • Red-finned cigar sharkEnglish
  • Pa PhongLao
  • Pla BaaThai

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the saltan fish

Other species in the same genus Leptobarbus.

Mad barb

Leptobarbus hoevenii

CyprinidaeNo free photo yet

Sayan barb

Leptobarbus hosii

CyprinidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the saltan fish an invasive species?

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

What kind of animal is the saltan fish?

The saltan fish (Leptobarbus rubripinna) 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). Saltan fish (Leptobarbus rubripinna). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/saltan-fish

MLA

“Saltan fish (Leptobarbus rubripinna).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/saltan-fish.

BibTeX
@misc{saltan_fish_2026,
  title = {Saltan fish (Leptobarbus rubripinna)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/saltan-fish},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}