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Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: This species occurs the Mekong basin in Cambodia, Lao PDR and northern Thailand (Kottelat, M., 2001). It is expected to occur in the Mekong basin in Vietnam (Kottelat, M., pers. comm., 2011).
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Cambodia; Lao Peoples Democratic Republic; Thailand
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Population [top]
Population: Locally abundant in suitable habitat (M. Kottelat pers. comm. 2011).
Current Population Trend: Unknown
Additional data:
? Population severely fragmented: No
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: This species is found in rapids and stretches of rivers with fast flowing water (M. Kottelat pers. comm. 2011).
Systems: Freshwater
Use and Trade [top]
Use and Trade:
This species is utilised as part of local subsistence fisheries (M. Kottelat pers. comm. 2011).
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): Anthropogenic modification of river morphology impacts this species by reducing or interupting fast water flow. Logging, deforestation and agriculture occurs in the area, with associated impacts on the aquatic environment expected (M. Kottelat pers. comm. 2011).
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: No information available. Taxonomic research is required to determine if this is more than one species.
Citation: Kottelat, M. 2012. Balitora annamitica. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T180742A1657932. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T180742A1657932.en. Downloaded on 07 January 2019.
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