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(Ref. 126106) FB-pic-50400-24157 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/gif FAO 1999-09-16 2001-04-24 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=50400 http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Masia_u0.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Masia_u0.gif FB-GeneralDescr-50400 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1998-12-05 00:00:00 2025-12-15 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=50400 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Adults are found at bottom depths in slow-moving or standing waters often buried in the silt, sand, or fine gravel with only a portion of the head protruding from the bottom (Ref. 12693). They enter flooded forest (Ref. 9497). Emerges at dusk to forage for food. Foof consists of benthic insect larvae, crustaceans, and worms (Ref. 12693). Migratory behaviour is undetermined (Ref. 126106). Marketed fresh and often seen in the aquarium trade (Ref. 12693). Kottelat, M. 1998 Fishes of the Nam Theun and Xe Bangfai basins, Laos, with diagnoses of twenty-two new species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae, Balitoridae, Cobitidae, Coiidae and Odontobutidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 9(1):1-128. (Ref. 27732) FB-DiagnosticDescr-50400 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1998-12-05 00:00:00 2005-01-24 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=50400 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Distinguishable by its dorsal spine count of 13-19 and a series of 3-6 conspicuous ocelli along the base of the soft dorsal fin (Ref. 27732). The ocelli along the base of the dorsal fin are much larger than those in M. aral and the dorsal and caudal fins lack the fine striations seen in M. aral and M. meklongensis (Ref. 39392). Dorsal, caudal and anal fins not fused (Ref. 43281). Roberts, T.R. 1986 Systematic review of the Mastacembelidae or spiny eels of Burma and Thailand, with description of two new species of <i>Macrognathus</i>. Jap. J. Ichthyol. 33(2):95-109. (Ref. 39392) FB-Morphology-50400 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1998-12-05 00:00:00 2005-01-24 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=50400 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Dorsal spines (total): 13 - 19; Dorsal soft rays (total): 53; Analsoft rays: 49; Vertebrae: 75 Roberts, T.R. 1986 Systematic review of the Mastacembelidae or spiny eels of Burma and Thailand, with description of two new species of <i>Macrognathus</i>. Jap. J. Ichthyol. 33(2):95-109. (Ref. 39392) FB-Distribution-50400 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1998-12-05 00:00:00 2011-07-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=50400 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Asia: Mekong, Chao Phraya (Ref. 43281), Maeklong, Peninsular and Southeast Thailand river systems (Ref. 26336). Kottelat, M. 2001 Fishes of Laos. WHT Publications Ltd., Colombo 5, Sri Lanka. 198 p. (Ref. 43281) FB-Uses-50400 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1998-12-05 00:00:00 2025-12-15 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=50400 fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial Rainboth, W.J. 1996 Fishes of the Cambodian Mekong. FAO species identification field guide for fishery purposes. FAO, Rome, 265 p. (Ref. 12693) Rainboth, W.J. 1996 Fishes of the Cambodian Mekong. FAO species identification field guide for fishery purposes. FAO, Rome, 265 p. (Ref. 12693) FB-Size-50400 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1998-12-05 00:00:00 2025-12-15 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=50400 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size 30.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 30857)) Baird, I.G., V. Inthaphaisy, P. Kisouvannalath, B. Phylavanh and B. Mounsouphom 1999 The fishes of southern Lao. Lao Community Fisheries and Dolphin Protection Project. Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Lao PDR.161 p. (Ref. 30857) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-50400 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1998-12-05 00:00:00 2025-12-15 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=50400 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat benthopelagic; freshwater