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Table 1: 474 species currently present in the country/island (endemic, native, introduced, reintroduced);
Table 2: 13 species possibly present in the country/island (stray, questionable);
Table 3: 5 species demonstrated to be absent in the country/island (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error).
Table 4: 492 species reported from the country/island altogether.
Table 1: 474 species currently present in the country/island.
     
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Family Species Author Info Occurrence Common names Abundance Max length Maturity Remark Photo
Cyprinidae Aaptosyax grypus Rainboth, 1991 Fr native  scarce (very unlikely) 130 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the middle Mekong. It is now extremely rare and should receive special listing by the IUCN (Ref. 12693). Also Ref. 37770. 
Cobitidae Acanthopsoides delphax Siebert, 1991 Fr native   6.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the Mekong River. 
Cobitidae Acanthopsoides gracilis Fowler, 1934 Fr native   5.40 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in Stung Santréa, Stung Chihreng, O Po Kampon and Siem Reap (Ref. 36654).  No picture yet.
Cobitidae Acanthopsoides hapalias Siebert, 1991 Fr native   6.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Occurs in the lower Mekong River. Also Ref. 27732, 26580, 43281. 
Cobitidae Acantopsis dialuzona Van Hasselt, 1823 Fr native  Trey ruschék (Khmer)  25.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Tonlé Sap, Stung Sang, Stung Chihreng, Kompong Cham, Mae Khong at Kompong Reat (Ref. 36654). Also Ref. 7050, 26580. 
Cobitidae Acantopsis dinema Boyd & Page, 2017 Fr native   11.67 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the tributaries of the Mekong River draining the Khorat Plateau and Mekong Delta ecoregions and from Prek Thnot River south of Phnom Penh (Ref. 116755).  No picture yet.
Cobitidae Acantopsis ioa Boyd & Page, 2017 Fr native   13.20 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Srepok River, a large tributary of the Mekong (Ref. 116755).  No picture yet.
Cobitidae Acantopsis rungthipae Boyd, Nithirojpakdee & Page, 2017 Fr native   11.97 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Mekong River basin (Ref. 116755).  No picture yet.
Gobiidae Acentrogobius caninus (Valenciennes, 1837) Fr, Br native   18.30 cm TL male/unsexed  Found in the Mekong delta. 
Gobiidae Acentrogobius chlorostigmatoides (Bleeker, 1849) Fr, Br native   12.40 cm TL male/unsexed  Found in the Mekong delta and may be found as far upstream as the tidal zone in Cambodia. Not seen in markets (Ref. 12693). 
Soleidae Achiroides leucorhynchos Bleeker, 1851 Fr native  Trey andat chhke (Khmer)  8.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Mekong basin. 
Soleidae Achiroides melanorhynchus (Bleeker, 1850) Fr native  Trey andat chhke (Khmer)  14.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Occurs in the Mekong basin. 
Akysidae Akysis clinatus Ng & Rainboth, 2005 Fr native   3.30 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Stung Chhay river on the western slope of the Chaine des Cardamones in southwest Cambodia and draining westwards to the Gulf of Thailand (Ref. 56231).  No picture yet.
Akysidae Akysis ephippifer Ng & Kottelat, 1998 Fr native   3.36 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the lower Mekong basin. Also Ref. 43281, 52824. 
Akysidae Akysis fuliginatus Ng & Rainboth, 2005 Fr native   2.15 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Mekong River (Ref. 56231).  No picture yet.
Akysidae Akysis maculipinnis Fowler, 1934 Fr native   3.13 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Mekong basin. 
Akysidae Akysis varius Ng & Kottelat, 1998 Fr native   4.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Siem Reap river of the Mekong basin in northwestern Cambodia. 
Cyprinidae Albulichthys albuloides (Bleeker, 1855) Fr, Br, Fi native  Chhkok tituy (Khmer), Trey chhkok tituy (Khmer), Trey Chkok Tituy (Khmer), Trey real (Khmer), Trey Riel (Khmer)  30.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Mekong basin (Ref. 12693). Found around the Tonle Sap river, Great Lake (mostly adults) (Ref. 36686, 36651), Stung Chihreng and Phom Penh (Ref. 36654). Adults are sold fresh around the Grea Lake or are cleaned and sliced in half by a single sagittal cut in preparation for salting and drying (Ref. 12693). Also Ref. 2091, 7050, 33813. 
Ambassidae Ambassis gymnocephalus (Lacepède, 1802) Fr, Br native   16.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Knonw from the Mekong delta. 
Botiidae Ambastaia sidthimunki (Klausewitz, 1959) Fr native   5.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the Mekong River (Ref. 12693). 
Amblycipitidae Amblyceps foratum Ng & Kottelat, 2000 Fr native   8.51 cm SL male/unsexed   
Amblycipitidae Amblyceps mangois (Hamilton, 1822) Fr native   12.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in shallow, fast flowing channel of the Mekong upstream from Stung Treng (Ref. 12693) and Cardamones (Ref. 36654). 
Amblycipitidae Amblyceps serratum Ng & Kottelat, 2000 Fr native   4.53 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Mekong River drainage. Type locality, 14 km NE of Stung Treng, shallow channel across S end of Kaoh Han, Stung Treng Prov. (Ref. 37785).  No picture yet.
Danionidae Amblypharyngodon chulabhornae Vidthayanon & Kottelat, 1990 Fr native   4.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Mekong River. Also Ref. 26580, 43281. 
Cyprinidae Amblyrhynchichthys micracanthus Ng & Kottelat, 2004 Fr native   19.67 cm SL male/unsexed   
Cyprinidae Amblyrhynchichthys truncatus (Bleeker, 1850) Fr native  Kambut chramos (Khmer), Kambot chramos (Khmer), Kamput chramos (Khmer), Trey kambot chramos (Khmer), Trey Kombot Chrâmos (Khmer), Trey pruol thmår (Khmer), Trey real (Khmer), Trey riel (Khmer) scarce (very unlikely) 40.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Recorded from the Mekong (Ref. 26580, 7050, 43281). Found around the Tonle Sap river, Great Lake (Ref. 36651), Sékong at Stung Treng and Phnom Penh (Ref. 36654). Also Ref. 33813. 
Anabantidae Anabas testudineus (Bloch, 1792) Fr native  Kranh (Khmer), Trey kranh (Khmer), Trey kranh srai (Khmer)  25.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Occurs in the Mekong basin (Ref. 27732). Found around the Tonle Sap Great Lake and river (Ref. 36651). Known from Réam, Stung Sen, Angkor (Ref. 36654) and Sangke river, Battambang province (Ref. 41486). Occurs in sluggish or still standing waters (Ref. 36686). Also Ref. 3902, 33813, 36662, 41236, 45353. 
Cyprinidae Anematichthys repasson (Bleeker, 1853) Fr native  Trey srawka kdam (Khmer), Trey Sraka Kdam (Khmer), Trey sraka kolam (Khmer)  28.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Occurs in the Mekong River (Ref. 27732). Found in Battembang, Tonlé Sap, Srépok and Siem Reap (Ref. 36654). Also Ref. 2091. 
Anguillidae Anguilla bicolor McClelland, 1844 Fr, Br, M native  Trey chlok (Khmer) scarce (very unlikely) 123 cm TL male/unsexed  Rare in Mekong (Ref. 12693). Also Ref. 3902. 
Anguillidae Anguilla japonica Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 Fr introduced   150 cm TL male/unsexed   
Anguillidae Anguilla marmorata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 Fr, Br, M native  Antong Tunleir (Khmer) common (usually seen) 70.00 cm TL male/unsexed ;200 cm TL female  Found in the Mekong basin. Occurs in the Great lake when water levels are exceptionally high (Ref. 12693). Also Ref. 43281. 
Gastromyzontidae Annamia normani (Hora, 1931) Fr native   7.80 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Mekong basin. Also Ref. 27732, 26580. 
Dorosomatidae Anodontostoma chacunda (Hamilton, 1822) Fr, Br, M native  Trey ka moi (Khmer)  22.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Usually found in marine coastal waters, but ascends rivers to the upper tidal zone and may be found in Cambodia near Viet Nam border (Ref. 12693). Also Ref. 31154. 
Aplocheilidae Aplocheilus panchax (Hamilton, 1822) Fr, Br native  Trey changwa ronoung (Khmer)  9.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Occurs in the Mekong River (Ref. 12693). Found in Kampot and Réam (Ref. 36654). . 
Oxudercidae Apocryptodon madurensis (Bleeker, 1849) Fr, Br native   9.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Found in the Mekong basin. 
Tetraodontidae Auriglobus nefastus (Roberts, 1982) Fr native  Trey kampot (Khmer), Trey krepot (Khmer)  13.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Occurs in the Mekong basin (Ref. 12693, 43281). Known from Kompong Cham and Tonlé Sap (Ref. 36654). 
Gobiidae Awaous grammepomus (Bleeker, 1849) Fr native   15.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Likely to occur in the Cambodian Mekong. 
Sisoridae Bagarius lica Volz, 1903 Fr native  Trey krawbey (Khmer)  200 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Mekong basin. Below the Khone Falls in Kratie and Stung Treng, it migrates upstream between October and February and downstream from April to September (Ref. 37770). Also Ref. 2091, 27732. 
Sisoridae Bagarius vegrandis Ng & Kottelat, 2021 Fr native   22.00 cm SL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Bagridae Bagrichthys macracanthus (Bleeker, 1854) Fr native  Trey chek tum (Khmer)  25.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Mekong basin. Found in Tonlé Sap and Stung Treng (Ref. 36654). 
Bagridae Bagrichthys macropterus (Bleeker, 1854) Fr native  Trey chek tum (Khmer)  30.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the Mekong basin. Found in Tonlé Sap (Ref. 36654). 
Bagridae Bagrichthys obscurus Ng, 1999 Fr native   24.91 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Mekong basin (Ref. 43281). 
Cyprinidae Balantiocheilos melanopterus (Bleeker, 1850) Fr, Aq native  Trey kiet srawng (Khmer), Trey kiet srang (Khmer)  35.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the Mekong River (Ref. 12693). Recorded from Tonlé Sap, Kompong and Kléang (Ref. 36654). Also Ref. 4537, 36686, 43281. 
Balitoridae Balitora annamitica Kottelat, 1988 Fr, Or native   12.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Recorded from Grande Cascade near Boun Long in the drainage of Srépok, Mekong basin, northeastern Cambodia (Ref. 37826). Utilized in the aquarium trade (Ref. 12693). Also Ref. 26580. 
Balitoridae Balitora meridionalis Kottelat, 1988 Fr native   8.15 cm SL male/unsexed   
Balitoridae Balitoropsis zollingeri (Bleeker, 1853) Fr native   10.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Found under boulders in fast water of a small stream just south of Stung Treng (Ref.12693). Occurs in the Mekong basin (Ref. 43281) and the Great Lake (Ref. 36686). 
Cyprinidae Barbichthys laevis (Valenciennes, 1842) Fr native  Trey phkar kor (Khmer), Trey Pruol Thmâr (Khmer), Phkarkor (Khmer), Trey andat (Khmer), Trey andat pee (Khmer), Trey Andat Pi (Khmer), Trey pkar kor (Khmer), Trey pruol thmawr (Khmer)  31.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the Mekong basin (Ref. 12693, 43281). Most often seen in the Tonlé Sap from October through December as flood waters recede. Formerly common in the Tonlé Sap, but fishermen now report it as rare (Ref. 12693). Reported from Battembang (Ref. 36654). 
Cyprinidae Barbodes aurotaeniatus (Tirant, 1885) Fr native  Trey angkat prak (Khmer)  9.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Occurs in the Mekong basin (Ref. 12693, 27732). Found in Stung O krien, Stung Po Ben (Ref. 36654). Also Ref. 43281. 
Cyprinidae Barbodes binotatus (Valenciennes, 1842) Fr native  Kulprich (Khmer)  20.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Mekong basin (Ref. 12693). Found in Boum Long, Tuk Sap, Sianoukville, O Po Kampon and Kirikum (Ref. 36654). Also Ref. 3902. 
Cyprinidae Barbodes rhombeus (Kottelat, 2000) Fr native   6.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Mekong basin. Also Ref. 43281. 
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