Red Finned Cigar Shark
As i thought leptobarbus hoevenii is a cyprinid more commonly called the red finned cigar shark this is another cyprinid in the same league as bala sharks and tinfoil barbs they can reach lengths of up to 20 and should be kept in a group since they are schooling fish a tank of at least 8 feet in length will be needed to house a group of the adult fish.
Red finned cigar shark. They are members of the cyprinidae family. Red finned cigar sharks are not fussy eaters and will take a huge variety of foods ranging from flake granules pellets to meaty frozen foods and plenty of vegetable matter. Additional names cigar shark mad barb red finned cigar shark sultan fish river barb gold shark additional scientific names barbus hoevenii leptobarbus hoeveni leptobarbus hoenenii.
Red finned cigar shark leptobarbus hoevenii bleeker 1859 kingdom animalia animals phylum chordata chordates class actinopterygii ray finned fishes order cypriniformes family cyprinidae minnows and carps genus leptobarbus. The cigar shark leptobarbus rubripinna is a migratory species that is also known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as the mad fish red finned cigar shark or saltan fish. Breeding this species has not been bred in the home aquarium.
Hoevenii was originally placed. Red finned cigar sharks come fast running rivers in cambodia vietnam thailand laos and other parts of southeast asia. Appearance wise they somewhat resemble the barb side of the family however their temperament is much closer to the carps.
The cigar shark is a pelagic schooling species that is found in the mekong chao phraya and mae khlong river drainages throughout viet nam cambodia laos and thailand where it mainly inhabits the larger rivers and streams of it s range. Although they do not adapt well to larger impondments they are found in some. Sexing edit edit source this fish is difficult to sex visually and is not known to breed in captivity.
