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Chitala ornata (Gray, 1831)

Clown featherback
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Lao country information

Common names: Dtong kwai, Pa tong keua, Pa tong khouay
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: Aloun, P., 2006
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in the Mekong basin (Ref. 43281). Found in the middle Xe Bangfai basin, a tributary of the Mekong (Ref. 27732) and in Ban Hang Khone at Don Khone, 3 km below the fall line of the great waterfalls of the Mekong basin at Lee Pee (Ref. 9497). According to Ban Hang Khone fishermen this species enters the flooded forest in July-October and feeds on fish, shrimps, crabs and insects (Ref. 9497). Also Ref. 30857, 37767, 37770.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/la.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kottelat, M., 2001
National Database:

Common names from other countries

分类 / Names 俗名 | 同种异名 | Catalog of Fishes(, ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei > Osteoglossiformes (Bony tongues) > Notopteridae (Featherbacks or knifefishes) > Notopterinae
Etymology: Chitala: Bangladesh local name.
  More on author: Gray.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range 生态学

; 淡水 大洋性; 河川洄游 (Ref. 51243).   熱帶; 24°C - 28°C

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