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Hemibagrus nemurus (Valenciennes, 1840)

Asian redtail catfish
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Lao country information

Common names: Kot, Pa goht, Pa kot
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: Singhanouvong, D., C. Soulignavong, K. Vonghachak, B. Saadsy and T.J. Warren, 1996
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in the Mekong and the lower and middle Xe Bangfai (Ref. 27732). Found in the Mekong mainstream at Hat Village, Muang Khong District (Ref. 37769). Collected from Tha Ngon, Vientiane, Tha Bo, Sithan Tay, Pakse and Hatsalao (Ref. 4792) and 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). Enters flooded forest on Don Khone, just below the great waterfalls at Lee Pee (Ref. 9497). Undertakes reproductive upstream migration during the wet season in May-July through Hoo Som Yai at the Great Fault Line on the Mekong River, Champassack Province (Ref. 37771). Also Ref. 4792, 30857, 36654, 44002, 50526, 56905.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/la.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kottelat, M., 1998
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Bagridae (Bagrid catfishes)
Etymology: Hemibagrus: Greek, hemi = the half + Mozarabic, bagre, Greek, pagros = a fish, Dentex sp. (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Valenciennes.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic; pH range: 7.0 - 8.2; dH range: 10 - 25; potamodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 5 - ? m (Ref. 27732).   Tropical; 22°C - 25°C (Ref. 2060); 19°N - 6°S

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