Common names:
Pla kayeng, Pla kayeng kang lai, Pla sai seng
Occurrence:
misidentification
Salinity:
freshwater
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commercial
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Uses:
live export: yes;
Comments:
Found in Mekong River and its tributaries (Ref. 9648); also from Phetchaburi, Bang Pakong river, (Chachoengsao), Chiang Mai, Lamphoon, Phitsanulok, Nakhon Sawan, Chai Nat, Suphan Buri, Uthai Thani, Nong Khai, Kalasin, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Nakhon Ratchasima, Ubon Ratchathani, Kanchanaburi, Prachin Buri and Surat Thani (Ref. 37773). Captured from the wild for the ornamental fish trade (Ref. 6459). Misidentification of M. atrifasciatus, multiradiatus, mysticetus (Ref. 26336).
National Checklist:
Country Information:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/th.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences:
OccurrencesPoint map
Main Ref:
Smith, H.M., 1945
National Database:
Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Bagridae (Bagrid catfishes)
Etymology: Mystus:Greek, mystax = whiskered, used by Belon in 1553 to describe all fishes with whiskers (Ref. 45335). More on author: Bloch.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
