Siamese mud carp
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H. siamensis
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| Henicorhynchus siamensis Sauvage, 1881
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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.[1] It is very present in floodplains during the wet season and migrates upstream in the Mekong starting in Cambodia.[2]
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Map showing the course of the Mekong River.
The Siamese mud carp has locally commercial use both as food and in the aquarium trade.
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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
- Vietnamese: Cá linh thùy[verification needed].
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