| Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps), subfamily: Cyprininae |
| 16.95 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 55.3 g |
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benthopelagic; freshwater, potamodromous |
| Asia: apparently endemic to an area south of Hue, Viet Nam. |
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Caudal fin very pale yellow (live specimens), with dark upper and lower margins; specimens at least 6 cm SL with well developed breeding tubercles on lower half of the posterior part of body; last simple dorsal fin ray slender, with a very weak serration along its posterior margin (Ref. 36949). |
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Endangered (EN); Date assessed: 04 September 2010 (A2ac) Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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Not in Kottelat (2001, Ref. 43281) and outside the range given by Ref. 36949; probably a misidentification. Reported from the Mekong basin (Ref. 30857) and found in Ban Hang Khone, a village on an island in the middle of the mainstream Mekong River just below the Great Khone Waterfalls in Khong District, Champasak Province (Ref. 37767). Museum: Mekong river at Ban Hang Khone, CAS 94481; just below Khone falls, CAS 94480 (Ref. 5515). Also Ref. 4792, 37769, 50526. |
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