Giant salmon carp

The giant salmon carp[2] (Aaptosyax grypus), also termed the Mekong giant salmon carp,[1] is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae and the single species in the monotypic genus Aaptosyax.[3] It is endemic to the middle reaches of the Mekong River in northern Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. Its population is much reduced (>90%) as a result of overfishing and habitat degradation, and it is now considered Critically Endangered.[1]

Giant salmon carp

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Aaptosyax
Rainboth, 1991
Species:
A. grypus
Binomial name
Aaptosyax grypus
Rainboth, 1991

This fish can reach a length of 130 centimetres (51 in) and weight of 30 kilograms (66 lb).[2]

References

  1. Vidthayanon, C (2013). "Aaptosyax grypus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2014.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. "Aaptosyax grypus Rainboth, 1991". FishBase. 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
  3. "Genus Aaptosyax Rainboth 1991". FishWisePro. 1990. Retrieved 16 April 2020.


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