Siamese mud carp explained

The Siamese mud carp (Henicorhynchus siamensis) is a species of freshwater cyprinid fish, a variety of Asian carp native to the Mekong and Chao Phraya Rivers in Southeast Asia, especially in Cambodia, Laos and Thailand.^[1] It is very common in floodplains during the wet season and migrates upstream in the Mekong starting in Cambodia.^[2] The Siamese mud carp has commercial use locally, both as food and in the aquarium trade.

Local names:

• Thai: pla soi khao (Thai: ปลาสร้อยขาว, in Thai pronounced as /plāː sɔ̂j kʰǎːw/)
• Laotian: ປາຊວຍ in Lao pronounced as /paː swáːj/
• Khmer: trey riel tob (Central Khmer: ត្រីរៀលតុបគា)^[3]
• Vietnamese: Cá linh thùy .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Henicorhynchus siamensis (Sauvage, 1881) Siamese mud carp . . 11 November 2017 . Rainer Froese . Daniel pauly . 2017.
2. Web site: Siamese mud carp. 9 January 2013.
3. Book: Sokheng, Chan . 2008 . ប្រភេទត្រីទឹកសាបសំខាន់ៗនៅព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា .