Overview
Comprehensive Description
Biology
Inhabits clear forested streams. Not found in large rivers and does not persist in impoundments. Not known to migrate. Feeds mainly on insect larvae. Not seen in markets (Ref. 12693).
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Rainboth, W.J. 1996 Fishes of the Cambodian Mekong. FAO Species Identification Field Guide for Fishery Purposes. FAO, Rome, 265 p. (Ref. 12693)
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Distribution
Asia: Mekong basin.
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Kottelat, M. 1998 Fishes of the Nam Theun and Xe Bangfai basins, Laos, with diagnoses of twenty-two new species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae, Balitoridae, Cobitidae, Coiidae and Odontobutidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 9(1):1-128. (Ref. 27732)
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Physical Description
Size
Max. size
32.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 83663)); max. published weight: 530 g (Ref. 83663)
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Helias, J.-F. 2010 Poropuntius laoensis. Fishing Adventures Thailand (http://www.anglingthailand.com/fish_species/index.htm) 04 March 2010. (Ref. 83663)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=83663&speccode=27124
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Diagnostic Description
Body oblong (Ref. 43281), body depth 2.8-3.1 times in SL; depth of caudal peduncle 1.1-1.3 times in its length; shorter dorsal fin (length of stiff part of last simple dorsal ray less than half of body depth at dorsal-fin origin in large specimens; the yellow and black pattern on the caudal fin more contrasted (Ref. 27732). Circumferential scale rows 22-24; predorsal scales 11-13; total gill rakers on first arch 10 or fewer (Ref. 12693).
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Kottelat, M. 1998 Fishes of the Nam Theun and Xe Bangfai basins, Laos, with diagnoses of twenty-two new species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae, Balitoridae, Cobitidae, Coiidae and Odontobutidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 9(1):1-128. (Ref. 27732)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=27732&speccode=26858
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Ecology
Habitat
Environment
benthopelagic; non-migratory; freshwater
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Conservation
Threats
Not Evaluated
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IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
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Relevance to Humans and Ecosystems
Benefits
Importance
gamefish: yes
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Helias, J.-F. 2010 Poropuntius laoensis. Fishing Adventures Thailand (http://www.anglingthailand.com/fish_species/index.htm) 04 March 2010. (Ref. 83663)
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Wikipedia
Poropuntius laoensis
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Poropuntius laoensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Poropuntius.
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Poropuntius laoensis" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
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