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Description |
Asia: Mekong basin.
Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: The species is known from the lower Mekong basin in Thailand and Lao PDR to Viet Nam, where it is recorded from numerous major tributaries, e.g., throughout the Xe Bangfai (Kottelat 1998) and the Xe Kong (Kottelat 2011) in Lao PDR. The species is likely to be quite widely distributed, but under-recorded or misidentified in surveys (M. Kottelat pers. comm. 2012).
The species is recorded from Myanmar (Roberts 1998), presumably in the Mekong drainage. Records from Viet Nam require confirmation; e.g., Thua Thien Hue Province in central Viet Nam (Vo et al. 2006), which possibly refers to streams draining to the Mekong system from the eastern slopes of the Annam mountains, and the Dong Nai River in southern Viet Nam (Freyhof et al. 2000). Records from the Yom River (part of the Chao Phraya drainage; Pila et al. 2011) also require confirmation.
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Cambodia; Lao Peoples Democratic Republic; Myanmar (Myanmar (mainland)); Thailand
Additional data:
? Lower elevation limit (metres): 40
? Upper elevation limit (metres): 500
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Population [top]
Population: Locally common throughout its range and probably under-recorded in surveys.
Current Population Trend: Unknown
Additional data:
? Population severely fragmented: No
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: Inhabits rivers and tributaries to montane streams. Tends to be found in faster flowing waters (Kottelat 2011).
Systems: Freshwater
Use and Trade [top]
Use and Trade: Consumed and sold in local markets. Occasionally found in the domestic aquarium trade in Thailand.
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): Deforestation and stream degradation are main threats to this fish.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: Review of the taxonomic identity of records of the species requires confirmation.
Citation: Vidthayanon, C. 2012. Poropuntius laoensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T180909A1676627. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T180909A1676627.en. Downloaded on 15 November 2016.
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