Siamese mud carp

The Siamese mud carp (Henicorhynchus siamensis) is a species of freshwater cyprinid fish, a variety of Asian carp native to the Mekong and Chao Phraya Rivers in Southeast Asia, especially in Cambodia, Laos and Thailand.[2] It is very common in floodplains during the wet season and migrates upstream in the Mekong starting in Cambodia.[3]

Siamese mud carp
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Labeoninae
Genus: Henicorhynchus
Species:
H. siamensis
Binomial name
Henicorhynchus siamensis
Sauvage, 1881
Synonyms
  • Crossocheilus reba Smith, 1945
  • Morara siamensis Sauvage, 1881
  • Aspidoparia siamensis (Sauvage, 1881)
  • Cirrhinus siamensis (Sauvage, 1881)
  • Gymnostomus siamensis (Sauvage, 1881)
  • Tylognathus siamensis de Beaufort, 1927
  • Tylognathus brunneus Fowler, 1934
  • Tylognathus entmema Fowler, 1934
  • Cirrhinus marginipinnis Fowler, 1937
  • Cirrhina sauvagei Fang, 1942
  • Crossocheilus thai Fowler, 1944

The Siamese mud carp has commercial use locally, both as food and in the aquarium trade.

Local names:

  • Thai: pla soi khao (ปลาสร้อยขาว, pronounced [plāː sɔ̂j kʰǎːw])
  • Laotian: ປາຊວຍ [paː swáːj]
  • Khmer: trey riel tob (ត្រីរៀលតុបគា)[4]
  • Vietnamese: Cá linh thùy .

References
  1. Allen, D.J. (2011). "Gymnostomus lineatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T187870A8637633. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T187870A8637633.en.
  2. Rainer Froese; Daniel pauly, eds. (2017). "Henicorhynchus siamensis (Sauvage, 1881) Siamese mud carp". Fishbase. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  3. "Siamese mud carp". Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  4. Sokheng, Chan (2008). ប្រភេទត្រីទឹកសាបសំខាន់ៗនៅព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា (PDF).


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