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Micronema cheveyi (Durand 1940)

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Fishes of Mainland Southeast Asia (2)

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Description: Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0; Anal soft rays: 66 - 71. No dorsal fin; short maxillary and mandibular barbels reaching about the base of the pectoral fin; 66-71 anal rays. Projecting lower jaw and shallow body (depth 4.0-4.9 in SL); head length 5.6-5.8 times in SL; a single patch of vomerine teeth; gill rakers 6-8 + 21-23. Habitat: Inhabits rivers and canals and enters flooded fields. Diet: Feeds on larvae of chironomids and ephemeropterans as well as zooplankton and fishes. Sold fresh or smoked and large individuals may be put on ice and shipped to Thailand. Remarks: Formerly known as Kryptopterus cheveyi. Listed on Fishbase as Micronema moorei (Smith 1945) and some other internet sources, but on Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes it is valid as Micronema cheveyi.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Cryptopterus (Krytopterus) cheveyi, Kryptopterus moorei, Micronema moorei

Family:

Siluridae

Distribution:

Asia: Xe Bangfai and Mekong River. Type locality: Rivière de Kaskos [Cambodia].

Size:

30.0cm. (12ins)

Temp:

22-26°C (71-79°F)

p.H.

6.0-7.0.

Reference:

Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2014. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 08/2016 ).
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.
Rainboth, W.J., 1996. Fishes of the Cambodian Mekong. FAO species identification field guide for fishery purposes. FAO, Rome, 265 p.

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Micronema cheveyi

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