Cyprinidae: Labeo Frenatus Leptobarbus

Wednesday 18 July 2012

Labeo Frenatus Leptobarbus

Some have rather flat bodies such as the Beaufortia kweichowensis, Sewellia lineolata and Homaloptera confuzona. This enables them to swim across the fast flowing rivers with relative ease. Some species were found to even go upstreams due to their pelvic fins fused together forming a suction disc thus enabling them to ‘stick’ on the surfaces preventing them from being carried away by the fast flowing waters.

Fins
Fish usually have seven fins which comprises of a dorsal fin, a caudal fin, an anal fin, a pair of pelvic fins and a pair of pectoral fins although most species have eight fins, sometimes just four, five or six. Not all specimens have the adipose fin which is found between the dorsal and caudal fins