Macrochirichthys
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Xenocyprididae |
| Genus: | Macrochirichthys Bleeker, 1860 |
| Species: | M. macrochirus
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| Macrochirichthys macrochirus (Valenciennes, 1844)
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Macrochirichthys is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies. The only species in the genus isMacrochirichthys macrochirus, the long pectoral-fin minnow and giant sword minnow or freshwater wolf-herring, a fish found in rivers and lakes in Southeast Asia (Vietnam and Thailand to the Greater Sundas) where it is used as a food fish.[1][2] It is the only member of its genus. It is predatory and reaches up to 1 m (3.3 ft) in length.[2]
Range in Thailand
[edit]Found in the south of Thailand, Chao Phraya River, Mekong River, Nan River, Mae Klong River, and Tapee River Basin from Nonthaburi, Ayutthaya, Ratchaburi and Chiang Rai Provinces.
The common names of this species of minnow in Thai are pla fak pra (ปลาฝักพร้า, lit "machete fish") and pla darb lao (ปลาดาบลาว, lit "Laotian blade fish") according to its shape.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Lumbantobing, D. (2019). "Macrochirichthys macrochirus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T181325A1721936. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T181325A1721936.en. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Macrochirichthys macrochirus". FishBase. August 2011 version.
- ^ "ดาบลาว" [Laotian blade]. LONGDO Dict (in Thai).
External links
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Media related to Macrochirichthys macrochirus at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Macrochirichthys at Wikispecies
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