Common names: Nai, Pa nai, Pba ni
Occurrence: introduced
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: Hill, M.T. and S.A. Hill, 1994
Aquaculture: commercial | Ref: FAO, 1997
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from the Mekong basin from above Pak Beng to the Khoné Falls (Ref. 37772). Found in Ban Hang Khone, a village on an island in the middle of the mainstream Mekong River just below the Great Khone Waterfalls in Khong District, Champasak Province (Ref. 37767). Undertakes reproductive and trophic/dispersal upstream migration during the wet season in May-July through Hoo Som Yai at the Great Fault Line on the Mekong River, Champassack Province (Ref. 37771). Also Ref. 185, 8984, 12228, 26920, 30857, 50526, 56905, 58867.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/la.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kottelat, M., 2001
National Database: