Jullien's Golden Carp
Young fish of Probarbus jullieni
Probarbus jullieni, Eng. Jullien 's Golden Carp, Isok Barb, Giant River Carp, Seven - Striped Carp, Cá Chai Sóc in Vietnam, Malaysia Carpilla Ikan Temoleh called, is a large carp fish from Indochina.
Distribution and habitat
Probarbus jullieni found in rivers of Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos and Malaysia. Its main distribution area is the river basin of the Mekong River, Meklongs, Chao Phraya River, Pahang and Perak. Here P. jullieni tends to occur in the main flow and slow-flowing stretches of water with sandy or gravelly ground and can also tolerate brackish water of the Mekong Delta.
Description
The species is reminiscent of the morphology strongly to the strong body of the elongated bar. Probarbus jullieni differs from P. labeamajor the fact that they train only five instead of six lateral stripe, and the lips are less pronounced. The species has the following formula fins: Dorsal 13/13, Anal 8 Adult specimens make more reds and have a yellow coloration of the head part. In Sri Nakharin reservoir at Kanchanaburi in southern Thailand a 25- kilogram specimen was caught with a fishing rod. The maximum weight is given by fishermen with 70 kg and a length of 150 centimeters. In Semantan River in Malaysia angler caught a 52- pound fish, the final weight of the fish species in the Mekong is estimated at 100 kilograms.
Way of life
The occurrence of Probarbus jullieni is strongly linked to the occurrence of Wassermollusken which form its main source of food. They also feed on insects and aquatic plants. In the Mekong he undertakes extensive migrations during the spawning period. It spawns in the winter months from late December until early February from, this is looking great river plains with sand or gravel substrate and a water flow rate of at least 1.3 meters / second. Juveniles do at the beginning of the rainy season hike trains in search of prey. The migration traits vary regionally. From October to February pull the fish out of Kampong Cham in Cambodia to Chiang Khong in Thailand. In Lao tributary Nam Ta was observed by fishermen that the animals spawn there in large numbers in the months of March to April. The fish eggs are yellow and have a diameter of about 2 millimeters. After 32 hours at water temperatures around 23 ° C hatch, the young fish.
Use
Probarbus jullieni is an edible fish, which is sometimes also eaten raw. The fish eggs are eaten. Fish is excellent meat, which has become relatively expensive due to its rarity. Due to uncontrolled fishing of the stock of animals is already severely threatened. In Laos, the fishery for P. jullieni is already prohibited. The export of these fish from Indochina is prohibited. Probarbus jullieni an endangered fish species. In Thailand, people have started to keep Probarbus jullieni in fish farms. Professional fishermen catch him mainly in the Mekong during the months of November to January the time of his wanderings. Locally, he is one of the most economically important freshwater fish species in Indochina. The fish is very popular with anglers and is caught in Thailand mainly in Kanchaburi and Sangklaburi. Numerous Thai commercial fishing lakes like Bung Sam Lan Fishing Park in Bangkok offer Fischwaid on large specimens of this species. Juveniles can be kept up to a certain size as ornamental fish in the aquarium.