Siamese mud carp

Siamese mud carp
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Labeoninae
Genus:	Henicorhynchus
Species:	H. siamensis
Binomial name
	Henicorhynchus siamensis; (Sauvage, 1881)
Synonyms
	Crossocheilus reba Smith, 1945; Morara siamensis Sauvage, 1881 ex. Bleeker, 1865; Aspidoparia siamensis (Sauvage, 1881); Cirrhinus siamensis (Sauvage, 1881); Gymnostomus siamensis (Sauvage, 1881); Tylognathus brunneus Fowler, 1934; Cirrhinus marginipinnis Fowler, 1937; Cirrhina sauvagei Fang, 1942; Crossocheilus thai Fowler, 1944; Tylognathus siamensis de Beaufort, 1927;

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.^[6] It is very common in floodplains during the wet season and migrates upstream in the Mekong starting in Cambodia.^[7]

The Siamese mud carp has commercial use locally, both as food and in the aquarium trade.

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References

^ Allen, D.J. (2011). "Gymnostomus lineatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T187870A8637633. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T187870A8637633.en. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
^ Kottelat, Maurice (1984). "A review of the species of Indochinese fresh-water fishes described by H.-E. Sauvage". Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. 4th series. 6 (A3). Paris: 791–822.
^ Roberts, Tyson R. (1997). "Systematic Revision of the Tropical Asian Labeoin Cyprinid Fish Genus Cirrhinus, with Descriptions of New Species and Biological Observations on C. lobatus" (PDF). The Natural History Bulletin of the Siam Society. 45: 171–203. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
^ "Henicorhynchus siamensis (Sauvage, 1881)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
^ Savela, Markku (ed.). "Henicorhynchus Smith, 1945". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
^ Rainer Froese; Daniel pauly, eds. (2017). "Henicorhynchus siamensis (Sauvage, 1881) Siamese mud carp". Fishbase. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
^ Kritsanavarin, Suthep (2010). "Siamese mud carp". thewebsiteofeverything.com. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
^ Sokheng, Chan (2008). ប្រភេទត្រីទឹកសាបសំខាន់ៗនៅព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា (PDF).

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