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Hoven's carp (Leptobarbus hoevenii; Jelawat in Malay), also known as the mad barb or sultan fish, is a species of fish in the barb family. Named in honor of Bleeker's fellow Dutchman, "le célèbre professeur de zoologie" Jan van der Hoeven (1801–1868).
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Leptobarbus melanopterus is a species of cyprinid fish in the genus Leptobarbus known only from the Kapuas River basin in Western Borneo.Locally it is called Jelawat pipi merah, when translated means Red Cheeked Sultan Fish, they are also called blood carp by aquarium hobbyists due to their vibrant red cheeks.
Arsik is an Indonesian spicy fish dish of the Batak Toba and Mandailing people of North Sumatra, usually using the common carp (known in Indonesia as ikan mas or gold fish). [ 1 ] Distinctively Batak elements of the dish are the use of torch ginger fruit ( asam cikala ), and andaliman (similar to Sichuan pepper ). [ 1 ]
Hemibagrus nemurus is a species of catfishes in the family Bagridae.After a major review by Ng and Kottelat (2013), its distribution is believed to be confined to Java.[1]: 233 It is found in Sumatra in the Bukit Tigapuluh National Park in 2016, too.
While the species is not currently assigned a conservation status by the IUCN due to lack of data, overfishing is assumed to threaten the wild population. [1] The empurau, as the species is known in Malaysia, is reportedly the most expensive edible fish in the country [6] and has been known to fetch up to RM1800 per kilogram of the fish.
Typhoon Jelawat, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Lawin, was the most intense tropical cyclone of the 2012 Pacific typhoon season in terms of ten-minute maximum sustained winds, tied with Typhoon Sanba. Following Bolaven and Sanba, Jelawat was the third typhoon directly hitting Okinawa Island in 2012.
Pampus argenteus, the silver pomfret or white pomfret (or pompano to avoid confusion with true pomfrets of the genus Bramidae), is a species of butterfish that lives in the Indo-West Pacific, spanning the coastal waters of the Middle East, Eastern Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia. [2]