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Spotted Steed

Hemibarbus maculatus Bleeker, 1871

Status not recordedbony fish

The spotted steed (Hemibarbus maculatus) is a species in the family Gobionidae, order Cypriniformes.

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Quick facts about the spotted steed

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 spotted steed live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the spotted steed as introduced in 3 countries, and flagged as invasive in 1 of them.

  1. Cambodiainvasive
  2. Laos
  3. Vietnam

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 spotted steed 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 spotted steed classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCypriniformes
  5. familyGobionidae
  6. genusHemibarbus
  7. SpeciesHemibarbus maculatus Bleeker, 1871

Synonyms Acanthogobio paltschevskii, Barbus schlegeli, Barbus semibarbus, Gobiobarbus labeo maculatus, Hemibarbus barbus, Hemibarbus joiteni, Hemibarbus labeo maculatus, Hemibarbus longibarbis

Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • Spotted barbelEnglish
  • hrouz skvrnitýCzech
  • ウスクチニゴイJapanese
  • 알락누치Korean
  • Конь пятнистыйRussian
  • 花䱻Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the spotted steed

Other species in the same genus Hemibarbus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the spotted steed an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the spotted steed as invasive in 1 country: Cambodia. It lists it as introduced in 3 in all.

What kind of animal is the spotted steed?

The spotted steed (Hemibarbus maculatus) belongs to the family Gobionidae 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). Spotted Steed (Hemibarbus maculatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/spotted-steed

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BibTeX
@misc{spotted_steed_2026,
  title = {Spotted Steed (Hemibarbus maculatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/spotted-steed},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}