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Hemisilurus mekongensis Bornbusch & Lundberg, 1989

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Lao country information

Common names: Nang deng, Pa nang daeng, Pa nang deng
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: Singhanouvong, D., C. Soulignavong, K. Vonghachak, B. Saadsy and T.J. Warren, 1996
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Mekong River (Ref. 43281). Found 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) and in the Mekong mainstream at Hat Village, Muang Khong District (Ref. 37769). Enters flooded forest on Don Khone, just below the great waterfalls (Ref. 9497). Undertakes upstream migration during the wet season in May-June through Hoo Som Yai at the Great Fault Line on the Mekong River, Champassack Province (Ref. 37771). Also Ref. 37767, 30857, 56905.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/la.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kottelat, M., 2001
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Siluridae (Sheatfishes)
Etymology: Hemisilurus: Greek, hemi = half + Greek, silouros = a cat fish (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal; potamodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 4 - 4 m (Ref. 58018).   Tropical

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