Fish Tawes, java carp, silver barb

Tawes


Tawes including one type of freshwater fish are quite popular Indonesian society. Tawes is still small is usually processed into dried salted fish. The reason, this fish is relatively thin and contains little fat, so that when dried in the sun will quickly dry and not smell rancid. Meanwhile, large Tawes cooked in a fresh state for having the taste and aroma of delicious meat, in addition to Indonesia, Tawes can be found in Laos and Vietnam.
Classification
Tawes is one of the original fish that Indonesia country, many found on the island of Java. This is also the cause Tawes has the scientific name Puntius javanicus. However, transformed into Puntim gonionotus, and finally turned into Barbodes gonionotus. This Berikul complete classification.

Pyllum: cordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Barbodes
Species: Barbodes gonionotus
Foreign Name: java carp, silver barb
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Local Name: Tawes, taweh or alum, lampam Java
Source: Khairul Amri, S. Pi, M. Si and Khairuman, SP Agromedia Pustaka, 2008