Siamese_mud_carp

Siamese mud carp

Siamese mud carp

Species of fish

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.[2] It is very common in floodplains during the wet season and migrates upstream in the Mekong starting in Cambodia.[3]

Map showing the course of the Mekong River.

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The Siamese mud carp has commercial use locally, both as food and in the aquarium trade.

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 (ត្រីរៀលតុបគា)[4]
  • Vietnamese: Cá linh thùy [verification needed].

References

  1. [1]
    Allen, D.J. (2011). "Gymnostomus lineatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T187870A8637633. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T187870A8637633.en.
  2. [2]
    Rainer Froese; Daniel pauly, eds. (2017). "Henicorhynchus siamensis (Sauvage, 1881) Siamese mud carp". Fishbase. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  3. [3]
    "Siamese mud carp". Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  4. [4]
    Sokheng, Chan (2008). ប្រភេទត្រីទឹកសាបសំខាន់ៗនៅព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា (PDF).


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