Overview
Comprehensive Description
Biology
Found in a lake. Like other members of this genus, this species probably feeds on periphyton, algae, phytoplankton as well as leafy plants such as aquatic macrophytes. Most likely caught with seines, castnets and traps (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)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=12693&speccode=26747
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Distribution
Asia: Kontum Lake in the central highlands of Viet Nam, and probably occurs in the branches of the Mekong that enter Cambodia from Viet Nam.
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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)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=12693&speccode=26747
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Physical Description
Size
Max. size
15.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (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)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=12693&speccode=26747
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Diagnostic Description
Slender body; no spots on body (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)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=12693&speccode=26747
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Ecology
Habitat
Conservation
Threats
Not Evaluated
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IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=57073
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