Siamese mud carp
Siamese mud carp | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Genus: | Henicorhynchus |
Species: | H. siamensis |
Binomial name | |
Henicorhynchus siamensis Sauvage, 1881 | |
The Siamese mud carp (Henicorhynchus siamensis) is a species of freshwater cyprinid fish, a variety of Asian carp native to the Mekong and Chao Phraya Rivers in Southeast Asia, especially in Cambodia, Laos and Thailand.[1] It is very present in floodplains during the wet season and migrates upstream in the Mekong starting in Cambodia.[2]
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Map showing the course of the Mekong River.
The Siamese mud carp has locally commercial use both as food and in the aquarium trade.
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Mekong River, prime habitat of the Siamese mud carp.
Local names:
- Thai: Pla soi khao (ปลาสร้อยขาว, pronounced [plāː sɔ̂j kʰǎːw])
- Laotian: ປາຊວຍ [paː swáːj]
- Khmer: ~ Trey riel tob
- Vietnamese: Cá linh thùy .
References
- ↑ "Siamese mud carp". fishbase.org. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
- ↑ "Siamese mud carp". Retrieved 9 January 2013.
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