Laos - List of fishes

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marbled eel

Anguilla marmorata

70 cm

solitary

carnivorous

Barbonymus schwanenfeldii

Cyprinidae

30 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

Small barbs located around its mouth enable it to detect food. It is easy to breed in captivity. The species is very prolific, nests often have over 500 juveniles.

Siamese fighting fish

Betta splendens

4 cm

solitary

carnivorous

It has a brighter color than the female. In breeding season, it builds a bubble nest. After courtship and spawning, it collects and keeps the eggs in the nest until hatching. The males are so aggressive towards one another that in the Far East, fights are organized.

ocellated featherback

chitala ornata

60 cm

solitary

carnivorous

Danio albolineatus

Danionidae

5 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

rosy danio

Danio roseus

3 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

honey sucker

Gyrinocheilus aymonieri

13 cm

solitary

herbivorous

Homaloptera confuzona

Balitoridae

7 cm

living in small groups

omnivorous

glass catfish

Kryptopterus bicirrhis

12 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

Much of it body is transparent. In the rainy season, it takes advantage of the floods to exit the riverbed where it lives to breed. It easily accommodates to life in the aquarium. Its flesh is used for the production of a "fish sauce".

spiny eel

Mastacembelus erythrotaenia

80 cm

solitary

carnivorous

It is not an eel, it owes its name to the shape of it body. It is a nocturnal species and during the day it hides in the sand. It is threatened because of overfishing. In captivity, it must be introduced in a large aquarium where there are no small fish.

giant pangasius

Pangasius sanitwongsei

50 cm

solitary

carnivorous

Polynemus paradiseus

Polynemidae

30 cm

solitary

carnivorous

Serpenticobitis octozona

Serpenticobitidae

5 cm

gregarious

carnivorous

Sewellia speciosa

Balitoridae

5 cm

living in colonies

omnivorous

three spot gourami

Trichopodus trichopterus

10 cm

living as a couple or in a group

carnivorous

pygmy gourami

Trichopsis pumila

2 cm

living in small groups

omnivorous

croaking gourami

Trichopsis vittata

7 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

Xenentodon cancila

Belonidae

30 cm

solitary

carnivorous

red-finned loach

yasuhikotakia lecontei

12 cm

living in shoals

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

blue botia

Yasuhikotakia modesta

23 cm

living in shoals

omnivorous

Yasuhikotakia splendida

Cobitidae

8 cm

living in shoals

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

Zacco platypus

Xenocyprididae

15 cm

living in small groups

omnivorous

Laos - List of fishes

marbled eel

Barbonymus schwanenfeldii

Siamese fighting fish

ocellated featherback

Danio albolineatus

rosy danio

honey sucker

Homaloptera confuzona

glass catfish

spiny eel

giant pangasius

Polynemus paradiseus

Serpenticobitis octozona

Sewellia speciosa

three spot gourami

pygmy gourami

croaking gourami

Xenentodon cancila

red-finned loach

blue botia

Yasuhikotakia splendida

Zacco platypus

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