Lao People's Democratic Republic country information
Common names:
Nai, Pa nai, Pba ni
Occurrence:
introduced
Salinity:
freshwater
Abundance:
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Importance:
commercial
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Ref: Hill, M.T. and S.A. Hill, 1994
Aquaculture:
commercial
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Ref: FAO, 1997
Regulations:
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Ref:
Uses:
no uses
Comments:
Known from the Mekong basin from above Pak Beng to the Khoné Falls (Ref. 37772). Found in Ban Hang Khone, a village on an island in the middle of the mainstream Mekong River just below the Great Khone Waterfalls in Khong District, Champasak Province (Ref. 37767). Undertakes reproductive and trophic/dispersal upstream migration during the wet season in May-July through Hoo Som Yai at the Great Fault Line on the Mekong River, Champassack Province (Ref. 37771). Also Ref. 185, 8984, 12228, 26920, 30857, 50526, 56905, 58867.
National Checklist:
Country Information:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/la.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences:
OccurrencesPoint map
Main Ref:
Kottelat, M., 2001
National Database:
Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) > Cyprininae
Etymology: Cyprinus:Latin, cyprinus = carp (Ref. 45335); carpio:carpio is the latinized form of carp (Ref. 1998). Cyprinus is the old world name for the carp (Ref. 10294). More on author: Linnaeus.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
