Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; pelagic. Tropical
Asia: presently known only from the Nam Theun watershed (Mekong basin) at Ban Talang in central Laos.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 33.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 35913)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Vertebrae: 43. A relatively small scaled species with the following characters: scales in lateral series 30-31; predorsal scales 11-12; transverse scale rows 5/1/2; mental lobe well-developed but very short; vertebrae 28+15=43; adults and subadults with a dark midlateral stripe on body and all fins very dark, almost black.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: oval.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Roberts, T.R., 1999. Fishes of the cyprinid genus Tor in the Nam Theun watershed (Mekong Basin) of Laos, with description of a new species. Raffles Bull. Zool. 47(1):225-236. (Ref. 35913)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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