Common names:
Kbork, Laotian shad, Trey ca moi
Occurrence:
native
Salinity:
freshwater
Abundance:
common (usually seen)
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Ref: Lieng, S., C. Yim and N.P. van Zalinge, 1995
Importance:
commercial
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Ref: Hill, M.T. and S.A. Hill, 1994
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Uses:
no uses
Comments:
Occurs in the Mekong basin (Ref. 12693). Found around the Tonle Sap, Great Lake (Ref. 36651, 36686) and Phnom Penh (Ref. 36654). Rare below the Khone Falls to the Tonle Sap River and the Great Lake (Ref. 37772). Migrates upstream from Kandal Province (near Phnom Penh) to the Khone Falls from October to February, peaking during November-December. Migrates dowstream from Khone Falls at least to Kompong Cham Province from April to July. At Sray Son Thor in Kompong Cham Province, fish migrates from the Tonel Sap River (Ref. 37770). Also Ref. 27732, 33813, 37772.
National Checklist:
Country Information:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/cb.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences:
OccurrencesPoint map
Main Ref:
Rainboth, W.J., 1996
National Database:
Teleostei (teleosts) > Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Dorosomatidae (Gizzard shads and sardinellas)
Etymology: Tenualosa:Latin, tenuis = thin + Latin, alausa = a fish cited by Ausonius and Latin, halec = pickle, dealing with the Greek word hals = salt; it is also the old Saxon name for shad = "alli" ; 1591 (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
