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(Ref. 128868) Baran, E,0 Fish migration triggers in the Lower Mekong Basin and other tropical freshwater systems. MRC Tech. Pap. No. 14. Mekong River Commission, Vientiane. 56 pp, (Ref. 138296) FB-pic-6086-17162 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/gif FAO 1998-05-27 1998-01-06 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6086 http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Chbla_u0.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Chbla_u0.gif FB-GeneralDescr-6086 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tess Cruz 1992-07-29 00:00:00 2025-11-24 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6086 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Apparently restricted to areas with fast flowing waters, deep pools or rapids (Ref. 27732). Prefer habitats associated with rocky substrates (Ref. 37770). Occur in the mainstream of the Mekong River. Avoids tributaries and swamps (Ref. 7431). Reported to undertake short, local migrations (Ref. 37770). Active during twilight and night. Feed on fishes, crustaceans and insects. Also take smaller vertebrates (Ref. 58784). Spawning sites are found in inundated forests (Ref. 33813). Mature adults breed during the rainy season. Occasionally seen in the aquarium trade. (Ref. 12693). Has been bred for several years in Thailand (Ref. 7431). Roberts, T.R. 1992 Systematic revision of the old world freshwater fish family Notopteridae. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 2(4):361-383. (Ref. 7431) FB-DiagnosticDescr-6086 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1998-12-05 00:00:00 2017-11-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6086 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Distinguishable by the presence of numerous small black spots (in the anterior half of the body), merging posteriorly into irregular oblique bands extending on the anal and caudal fins (Ref. 27732). Differs from all other species except C. lopis in having a large round black spot at base of pectoral fin. In C. blanci pectoral basal spot present in juveniles as small as 6 cm and retained throughout life (Ref. 7431). Kottelat, M. 1998 Fishes of the Nam Theun and Xe Bangfai basins, Laos, with diagnoses of twenty-two new species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae, Balitoridae, Cobitidae, Coiidae and Odontobutidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 9(1):1-128. (Ref. 27732) FB-Distribution-6086 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tess Cruz 1992-07-29 00:00:00 2007-02-01 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6086 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Asia: mainstream of the Mekong in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia and the lower course of some tributaries. Kottelat, M. 1998 Fishes of the Nam Theun and Xe Bangfai basins, Laos, with diagnoses of twenty-two new species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae, Balitoridae, Cobitidae, Coiidae and Odontobutidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 9(1):1-128. (Ref. 27732) FB-Uses-6086 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tess Cruz 1992-07-29 00:00:00 2025-11-24 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6086 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial; aquarium: commercial Rainboth, W.J. 1996 Fishes of the Cambodian Mekong. FAO species identification field guide for fishery purposes. FAO, Rome, 265 p. (Ref. 12693) Roberts, T.R. 1992 Systematic revision of the old world freshwater fish family Notopteridae. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 2(4):361-383. (Ref. 7431) Vidthayanon, C. 2005 Thailand red data: fishes. Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning, Bangkok, Thailand. 108 p. (Ref. 58784) FB-Migration-6086 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tess Cruz 1992-07-29 00:00:00 2025-11-24 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6086 Potamodromous. Migrating within streams, migratory in rivers, e.g. Saliminus, Moxostoma, Labeo. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km. Baran, E, 2006 Fish migration triggers in the Lower Mekong Basin and other tropical freshwater systems. MRC Tech. Pap. No. 14. Mekong River Commission, Vientiane. 56 pp, (Ref. 138296) FB-LifeCycle-6086 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1992-07-29 00:00:00 2025-11-24 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=6086&StockCode=6400 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Female guards the fry (to be verified). Sokheng, C., C.K. Chhea, S. Viravong, K. Bouakhamvongsa, U. Suntornratana, N. Yoorong, N.T. Tung, T.Q. Bao, A.F. Poulsen and J.V. Jørgensen 1999 Fish migrations and spawning habits in the Mekong mainstream: a survey using local knowledge (basin-wide). Assessment of Mekong fisheries: Fish Migrations and Spawning and the Impact of Water Management Project (AMFC). AMFP Report 2/99. Vientiane, Lao, P.D.R. (Ref. 37770) FB-Size-6086 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tess Cruz 1992-07-29 00:00:00 2025-11-24 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6086 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats 120 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 30857)) Baird, I.G., V. Inthaphaisy, P. Kisouvannalath, B. Phylavanh and B. Mounsouphom 1999 The fishes of southern Lao. Lao Community Fisheries and Dolphin Protection Project. Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Lao PDR.161 p. (Ref. 30857) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-6086 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tess Cruz 1992-07-29 00:00:00 2025-11-24 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6086 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution demersal; potamodromous (Ref. 138296); freshwater Baran, E, 2006 Fish migration triggers in the Lower Mekong Basin and other tropical freshwater systems. MRC Tech. Pap. No. 14. Mekong River Commission, Vientiane. 56 pp, (Ref. 138296)