''Esomus metallicus'', sometimes known as striped flying barb (although the common name is usually reserved for ''

Esomus lineatus The striped flying barb (''Esomus lineatus'') is a species of cyprinid. It is found in Bangladesh (where it is found in the mouth of the Ganges River), India, and Sri Lanka. ''Esomus metallicus'' is also sometimes known as the striped flying barb ...

''), is a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

of cyprinid found in

Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, south-eastern region of Asia, consistin ...

(Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Peninsular Malaysia), including the

Salween , ''Mae Nam Salawin'' ( , name_etymology = , image = Sweet_View_of_Salween_River_in_Tang_Yan_Township,_Shan_State,_Myanmar.jpg , image_size = , image_caption = Salween River in Shan State, Myanmar , map ...

Mekong The Mekong or Mekong River is a trans-boundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia. It is the world's List of rivers by length, twelfth longest river and List of longest rivers of Asia, the third longest in Asia. Its estimated length is , ...

, and

Chao Phraya The Chao Phraya ( or ; th, แม่น้ำเจ้าพระยา, , or ) is the major river in Thailand, with its low alluvial plain forming the centre of the country. It flows through Bangkok and then into the Gulf of Thailand. Et ...

river systems. It is found in fresh and

brackish Brackish water, sometimes termed brack water, is water occurring in a natural environment that has more salinity than freshwater, but not as much as seawater. It may result from mixing seawater (salt water) and fresh water together, as in estuari ...

water. It grows to

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Utilization

*Fishery: Trade *Aquarium: Trade

References

Esomus Fish of the Mekong Basin Fish of Cambodia Fish of Laos Freshwater fish of Malaysia Fish of Myanmar Fish of Thailand Fish of Vietnam Fish described in 1923 Taxa named by Ernst Ahl {{cyprinidae-stub