Common names:
Pla kayeng, Pla kayeng bi kao, Pla kayeng jao
Occurrence:
native
Salinity:
freshwater
Abundance:
scarce (very unlikely)
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Uses:
no uses
Comments:
Known from the Mekong, Chao Phraya and Maeklong basins (Ref. 26336). Rare throughout its range and is becoming rarer. Might already be gone from the Chao Phraya basin (Ref. 10418); also from Bangkok, Nakhon, Ratchasima, Phitsanulok, Pasak river (Sara Buri), Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Songkhla and Chanthaburi (Ref. 37773). Museum: Chao Phraya, MNHN 1553. Kanchanaburi market, CAS 67177 (might have been caught in Chao Phraya basin) (Ref. 10418); Ubom province, Mekong basin, market at Ubon Ratchathami, Thailand, BMNH 1992.2.11.5 (Ref. 31982); also from Also Ref. 36654.
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Country Information:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/th.html
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Occurrences:
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Main Ref:
Roberts, T.R., 1994
National Database:
Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Bagridae (Bagrid catfishes)
Etymology: Mystus:Greek, mystax = whiskered, used by Belon in 1553 to describe all fishes with whiskers (Ref. 45335). More on author: Bleeker.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
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