Kingdom Animalia Order Cypriniformes Genus Henicorhynchus Higher classification Henicorhynchus Found in Tonlé Sap | Phylum Chordata Family Cyprinidae Scientific name Henicorhynchus siamensis Rank Species | |
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Similar Systomus orphoides, Smallscale mud carp, Red tailed tinfoil, Cyprinidae, Black sharkminnow | ||
The Siamese mud carp (Henicorhynchus siamensis) is a species of freshwater cyprinid fish, a variety of Asian carp native to the Mekong and Chao Phraya Rivers in Southeast Asia, especially in Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. It is very present in floodplains during the wet season and migrates upstream in the Mekong starting in Cambodia.
The Siamese mud carp has locally commercial use both as food and in the aquarium trade.
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