| Siamese mud carp | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Labeoninae |
| Genus: | Henicorhynchus |
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H. siamensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Henicorhynchus siamensis Sauvage, 1881 | |
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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 RiversinSoutheast Asia, especially in Cambodia, Laos and Thailand.[2] It is very common in floodplains during the wet season and migrates upstream in the Mekong starting in Cambodia.[3]
The Siamese mud carp has commercial use locally, both as food and in the aquarium trade.
Local names:
| Henicorhynchus siamensis |
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