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Amblyrhynchichthys

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Where the name comes fromEdit

from the Greek amblús (Gr. ἀμβλύς), meaning 'blunted', rhýnchos (Gr. ῥύγχος), meaning 'snout', and ichthýs (Gr. ἰχθύς), meaning 'fish', in allusion to the comparatively blunt snout in members of this genus.

Specimen from Thailand.

Amblyrhynchichthys micracanthus

Ng & Kottelat, 2004

Max length
200mm SL8in SL
Tank
not recorded
Temp
not recorded
pH
not recorded

Amblyrhynchichthys micracanthus is a riverine cyprinid from the Mekong catchment in Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, and the Chao Phraya system. It moves into inundated forest during the wet season, and wild fish feed on periphyton, plankton and benthic algae. Older records of A. truncatus from mainland Indochina all refer to this species, which has a straighter snout profile, a shorter dorsal-fin spine and fewer gill rakers.

Moderate
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