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  • Helicophagus leptorhynchus
  • Helicophagus leptorhynchus
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Scientific NameHelicophagus leptorhynchus    Ng & Kottelat, 2000
Common NamePatin Muncung (Indonesia)
Type LocalityMun River at Bung Wai, about 7 kilometers west of Ubon Ratchathani, 15°12'30''N, 104°47'30''E, Ubon Ratchathani Province, Thailand.
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Size472mm or 18.6" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
IdentificationHelicophagus have a short and a large premaxillary toothplate; the vomerine toothplate without additional toothplate; the front border of the snout is pierced by anterior nostrils; the posterior nostrils are between and in line with the anterior nostrils and the middle of eye; a narrow mouth (<35% HL); a slender anterior part of snout length (<16.5% HL) (Gustiano & Pouyaud, 2008, Indonesian Aquaculture Journal, 3(1), 13-22. http://dx.doi.org/10.15578/iaj.3.1.2008.13-22).

Helicophagus have a short and a large premaxillary toothplate; the vomerine toothplate without additional toothplate; the front border of the snout is pierced by anterior nostrils; the posterior nostrils are between and in line with the anterior nostrils and the middle of eye; a narrow mouth (<35% HL); a slender anterior part of snout length (<16.5% HL) (Gustiano & Pouyaud, 2008, Indonesian Aquaculture Journal, 3(1), 13-22. http://dx.doi.org/10.15578/iaj.3.1.2008.13-22).
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DistributionAsia
Thailand Waters, Chao Praya (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Mekong (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category
Data Deficient
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Other ParametersH. leptorhynchus in the Mekong stays in permanent river channels and does not move into the flooded forest. This species migrates upstream when water levels begin to rise at the beginning of the flood season and moves downstream as the water clears at the end of the flood season.
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FeedingGut contents of wild-caught specimens include primarily gastropod and bivalve mollusks. Some wild specimens also eat annelid worms similar to Tubifex. User data.
Breeding ReportsThere is no breeding report.
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ReferenceRaffles Bulletin of Zoology v. 48 (no. 1), pp 55, Figs. 1, 2a.
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Last UpdateThu Jan 01, 1970 1:00 am (Species record created: Thu Jan 01, 1970 1:00 am)