Cyprinidae

Lobocheilos melanotaenia

Lobocheilos melanotaenia

Twenty Centimeters Carp from the Mekong Basin

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• Asia (unspecified)
• Elongated
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Lobocheilos rhabdoura is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the family which includes the carps, barbs, minnows and related fishes. This fish is found Southeast Asia where it occurs in the Chao Phraya and Mae Khlong in Thailand; the lower Mekong basin in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Viet Nam; the Đồng Nai River in Viet Nam; the Xe Bang Fai River in Laos and in Western Malaysia. L. rhabdoura has a maximum published standard length of 22 cm (8.7 in).