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Kryptopterus geminus Ng, 2003

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Lao country information

Common names: Pa peek gai
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Importance: commercial | Ref: Hill, M.T. and S.A. Hill, 1994
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from the Mekong River drainage (Ref. 50583). Found in the lower and middle Xe Bangfai, a tributary of the Mekong (Ref. 27732). Recorded from the Khone Falls (Ref. 37772). 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), Tha Ngon, Tha Bo, Sai Fong and Sithan Tay of the Mekong basin (Ref. 4792). Museum: Mekong at Ban Hang Khone, just below Khone falls, CAS 94760 (Ref. 5515). Also Ref. 2091, 30857, 36654, 43281, 56905.
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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: Ng, H.H., 2003
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Common names from other countries

Cá trèn mo, Pa peek gai, Trey kamphliev, ... more

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Siluridae (Sheatfishes)
Etymology: Kryptopterus: Greek, kryptos = hidden + Greek, pteron = wing. Fin (Ref. 45335);  geminus: From the Latin geminus, meaning twin-born; in allusion to the close morphological similarity with Kryptopterus cryptopterus..

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

Freshwater; brackish; demersal.   Tropical

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