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Cyprinidae
Mekong flying barb
Esomus longimanus
Eight Centimeters Carp from the Mekong Basin
- Tropical
- Coastal
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Southeast Asia
- Elongated
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Elongated
SmallMekong flying barb is a freshwater fish found around Asia. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 8 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Esomus
- Maximum length
- 8 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Asia: Mekong from the Khorat Plateau, Thailand to the Great Lake, Cambodia (Ref. 12693 ); Malay Peninsula, coastal streams of South-east Thailand and Cambodia, and Chao Phraya basin in Thailand (Ref. 12041 ).
- Conservation status
- DDData Deficient
Class
Family
Conservation status
