Oxygaster pointoni
| Oxygaster pointoni | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Superfamily: | Cyprinoidea
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| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Oxygaster |
| Species: | O. pointoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Oxygaster pointoni (Fowler, 1934)
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| Synonyms | |
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Oxygaster pointoni is a freshwater
Indochina
.
Habitat and diet
Oxygaster pointoni is a
pelagic species which can be found near the surface of medium-sized rivers.[1] It probably has a similar diet to Oxygaster anomalura consisting of chironomids and small molluscs.[2]
Distribution
Oxygaster pointoniis found in the
Mekong River in Thailand, Cambodia and Laos.[1]
Human use and threats
O. pointoni is not normally encountered in fish markets and this means that it may be exploited at only by at a subsistence fishermen. It is unknown in
IUCN classified it as "Vulnerable".[1]
References
- ^ .
- Fishbase. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
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