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Clupeichthys aesarnensis Wongratana, 1983

Thai river sprat
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Thailand country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Importance: subsistence fisheries | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in the Mekong basin. Museum: Mekong river, CAS 96711, 63016 (near Chiang Khan) (Ref. 5515); also from Khon Kaen and Phitsanulok (Ref. 37773). Commercial catches occur in northeastern part of Thai reservoir, also in the east and middle parts of the Pasak Jolasid reservoir (Ref. 85859). Also Ref. 188, 26336, 27732, 43281.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/th.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Monkolprasit, S., S. Sontirat, S. Vimollohakarn and T. Songsirikul, 1997
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Ehiravidae (River sprats)
Etymology: Clupeichthys: Latin, clupea = sardine, derived from Clupeus = shield; + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).

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

Freshwater; pelagic; potamodromous (Ref. 51243).   Tropical; 17°N - 13°N

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