Isok barb (Probarbus jullieni) is a freshwater, brackish species recorded in Malaysia.
Scientific name: Probarbus jullieni · Water: Freshwater, Brackish
Size: up to 150 cm
The isok barb is a cyprinid and a large river carp, living on the bottom of fresh and brackish water and migrating within river systems. It is a large food fish locally, taken by fisheries and used in experimental aquaculture, and it is a game fish as well. IUCN lists it as critically endangered and it is listed on CITES Appendix I. It reaches about 150 cm standard length, commonly about 28 cm total length, and up to about 70 kg. Trophic level is 3.2, fishing vulnerability very high at 86 of 100, and resilience very low.
Back to home · Malaysia · Species library