Pseudolais
pleurotaenia (Sauvage, 1878)
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Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal
soft rays (total): 7; Anal soft rays: 39 - 46. Abdomen with
a well-developed median keel extending from throat to origin
of anal fin. Dorsal fin advanced in position, with a strongly
serrated spine; pectoral spines as long as or slightly longer
than dorsal spine, strong, denticulated along their inner edge;
pelvic fins small; anal fin low, long; adipose fin very small.
Single, oval-shaped patch of teeth on each side of palate; eye
large. Occur in large and medium-sized rivers. Found in rapids
and in deeper slower reaches. Common in the middle Mekong before
the flood season where it is found in the lower reaches of tributary
streams along with most of the cyprinids that would be found
in the main stream of the Mekong when the water is clear. Feeds
on terrestrial and aquatic insects along with small amounts
of plant matter. The specimen in the penultimate image was caught
in the Nung River near Vientiane, Laos. |
Common
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None |
Synonyms: |
Pangasius cultratus, Pangasius
fowleri, Pteropangasius cultratus, Pangasius pleurotaenia |
Family: |
Pangasiidae |
Distribution: |
Asia: Mekong, Meklong,
Tapi and Chao Phraya River basins. Type locality:
Laos. |
Size: |
35cm. (14ins) |
Temp: |
22 -26°C (71 -79°F) |
p.H. |
6.5 -7.5. |
Reference: |
Froese, R. and D. Pauly.
Editors. 2009.FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.
www.fishbase.org, version (02/2010).
plateen, pers.comm. http://www.petfrd.com/forum/index.php |
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