Goldfin tinfoil barb | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Genus: | Hypsibarbus |
Species: | H. malcolmi
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Binomial name | |
Hypsibarbus malcolmi (Smith, 1945)
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Goldfin tinfoil barb (Hypsibarbus malcolmi) is a species of cyprinid fish that is found in Southeast Asia. It is native to the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia and Thailand where it is used as a food fish and in the aquarium trade.
malcolmi is named in honour of Malcolm Arthur Smith, an English herpetologist who study reptiles and amphibians in Thailand.[2]