Occurrence | introduced | ||
Importance | commercial | Ref. | |
Aquaculture | experimental | Ref. | |
Regulations | Ref. | ||
Freshwater | Yes | ||
Brackish | No | ||
Saltwater | No | ||
Live export | |||
Bait | No | ||
Gamefish | No | ||
Abundance | Ref. | ||
Comments |
One of the cultivatable fishes introduced by the Fishes Department. Highly priced food fish (Ref. 6459). Stocked into the Sirikit (1973), Chulaporn (1972 and 1975) and Ubolratana (1970) reservoirs. Difficult to breed. Also Ref. 1632, 13364, 58848. |
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States/Provinces Complete? | No | ||
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Country information | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/th.html |