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Leptobarbus Bleeker 1859 leptós (Gr. λεπτός), thin, referring to slender shape of L. hoevenii;
Barbus (Cyprinidae: Barbinae), its original genus

Leptobarbus hoevenii (Bleeker 1851) in honor of Dutch physician-zoologist Jan van der Hoeven (1801–1868), “le célèbre professeur de zoologie”

Leptobarbus hosii (Regan 1906) in honor of Charles Hose (1863–1929), British colonial administrator in Borneo, zoologist and ethnologist, who collected holotype

Leptobarbus melanopterus Weber & de Beaufort 1916 black-finned, from mélanos (Gr. μέλανος), genitive of mélas (μέλας), black, and pterus, from pterón (Gr. πτερόν) or ptéryx (πτέρυξ), wing or fin, referring to nearly all-black ventral, pectoral and dorsal fins

Leptobarbus melanotaenia Boulenger 1894 mélanos (Gr. μέλανος), genitive of mélas (μέλας), black; taenia, from tainía (Gr. ταινία), band or ribbon, referring to black lateral stripe running along body above lateral line and/or black vertical bar on posterior border of gill opening

Leptobarbus rubripinna (Fowler 1937) ruber (L.), red; pinna (L.) fin, referring to “more or less bright orange red” coloration of fins (except dorsal) in living specimens