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Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: The species is known from Myanmar (Talwar and Jhingran 1991). Kullander et al. (2009) report the species from the Yu River drainage in western Myanmar, part of the Chindwin drainage. It is also reported from the Indawgyi Lake basin (Prashad and Mukerji 1929, Miao 2010), within the Ayeyawaddy drainage. The species was described from Tenasserim (the Tanintharyi Region) in southeastern Myanmar. There are also records from Thaton and Mawlamyine, Mon Stae, in eastern Myanmar, and from Mawlamyine in the Ayeyawaddy drainage, from the Sittaung drainage (Taungoo, Bago and Thanlyin, Bago Division) (NMNH Vertebrate Zoology Fishes Collections). There is a single record from Thailand (unspecified location; MCZ Ichthyology Collection), and it is present in tributaries of the Salween drainage in Thailand.
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Myanmar (Myanmar (mainland)); Thailand
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Population [top]
Population: Locally common to uncommon.
Current Population Trend: Unknown
Additional data:
?Population severely fragmented: No
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: Found in a rivers, swamps and marshlands.
Systems: Freshwater
Movement patterns: Unknown
Use and Trade [top]
Use and Trade: Found in fisheries and in markets, mixed with other small edible fishes. Occasionally seen in the aquarium trade.
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): No information available. Potentially impacted by dams and by habitat degradation (especially sedimentation).
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: Further research is required.
Citation: Vidthayanon, C. 2012. Esomus altus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T181046A1692376. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T181046A1692376.en. Downloaded on 10 May 2016.
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