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Catlocarpio siamensis (Giant barb; Pla-kaho; Siamese giant carp)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The giant barb or Siamese giant carp, Catlocarpio siamensis (Thai: กระโห้, rtgs: kraho, pronounced [krā.hôː], or กะมัน, rtgs: kaman, pronounced [kā.mān]; Khmer: ត្រីគល់រាំង, trei kól reăng; Vietnamese: cá Hô), is the largest species of cyprinid in the world. These migratory fish are found only in the Mae Klong, Mekong and Chao Phraya river basins in Indochina. It has declined drastically due to habitat loss and overfishing, and it is now considered Critically Endangered.
View Wikipedia Record: Catlocarpio siamensis

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Catlocarpio siamensis

Attributes

Migration [1]  Potamodromous

Emblem of

Cambodia

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0