Paralaubuca harmandi

Paralaubuca harmandi is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish from the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows from south east Asia. It occurs in the Mekong and Chao Praya in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. It is a solitary species which is normally found as scattered individuals in the shallow and medium depths of large rivers. It feeds on zooplankton and insects of larger size than the other species in Paralaubuca. It moves into floodplains durin the monsoon to feed and maybe to breed, and it has also been recorded undertaking short migrations upstream in rivers. It is fished for by both commercial and subsistence fisheries and it is processed into fermented products in Cambodia while elsewhere it is salted and dried. This species is rare in the aquarium trade.[1]

Paralaubuca harmandi

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Cultrinae
Genus: Paralaubuca
Species:
P. harmandi
Binomial name
Paralaubuca harmandi
(Sauvage, 1883)
Synonyms
  • Culter siamensis
  • Culter wolfi

References
  1. Allen, D.J. (2011). "Paralaubuca harmandi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T181299A7666830. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T181299A7666830.en. Downloaded on 24 December 2017.
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