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Scientific Name Balantiocheilos ambusticauda  Ng & Kottelat, 2007
Common Name
Type Locality Bung Borapet, Nakhon Sawan Province, Thailand.
Pronunciation bah lan tee chee los
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Size 105mm or 4.1" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Sexing Females, beyond the size of about 3"/8cm SL, females are obvious by being much more robust in the middle body.
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Distribution Southeast Asia: Lower and middle Mekong and Chao Phraya river drainages in mainland Southeast Asia. The original distribution of this species included the Chao Phraya River drainage from Bangkok upriver to the lower Nan River (Smith, 1945) and in the Mekong from Viet Nam and the Great Lake (Tonle Sap) to the lower Nam Ngum River (Taki, 1968). The specimen identified as Balantiocheilus from Chiengmai by Fowler (1934: 127) is actually a juvenile Poropuntius.
Mekong, Lower Mekong (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Mekong, Middle Mekong (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Thailand Waters, Chao Praya (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category Critically Endangered, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2011.
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Feeding Will accept a wide range of foods in all areas of the water column. Flake food is a good staple and frozen bloodworm a weekly bonus. User data.
Furniture Requires open swimming space. Wood or rockwork can be added but will really only benefit other fishes in the aquarium.
Compatibility Peaceful and not predatory. Should be kept in a shoal of at least six. Safe with fishes even down to a fraction of its size.
Suggested Tankmates A fantastic middle water fish for larger display tanks. Perhaps the ideal dither fish for a clown loach tank because of their comparable sizes. Works well with pretty much any other active fish such as barbs, larger characins and many larger catfishes.
Breeding Unreported in the home aquarium but is captive / farm bred in large numbers.
Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Zootaxa No. 1463, pp 14, Figs. 1a, 2a, 3a.
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Last Update 2014 Oct 29 07:57 (species record created: 2014 Oct 12 10:00)