Cyprinidae

Chagunius baileyi

Chagunius baileyi

Thirty Centimeters Carp from Asian Waters

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• Southeast Asia
• Elongated
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Chagunius baileyi is a species of freshwater fish of the genus Chagunius found in Myanmar and Thailand in the Salween and Sittaung rivers. The specific name of this fish honours the American ichthyologist Reeve Maclaren Bailey who was the co-chair of Walter Rainboth's Ph.D committee at the University of Michigan.