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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) > Danioninae
Etymology: Luciosoma: Latin, lucius, Greek, lykos = wolf = pike, by its predatory habits + Greek, soma = body (Ref. 45335).

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Freshwater; pelagic. Tropical, preferred ?

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Asia: Malay Peninsula, Indochina, Indonesia.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 26.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 30857)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal soft rays: 8. Spots on lateral line scales; black submarginal stripe on each caudal-fin lobe (Ref. 12693). Well-developed barbels; no tubercles on snout tip; anterior pelvic ray with long filament; longitudinal row of roundish spots (often fused into a stripe), continuing as stripe on caudal peduncle and upper caudal lobe; middle caudal rays colorless (Ref. 43281).

Occur in river mainstream and low gradient tributaries with logs and leaf litter on the bottom (Ref. 7050). Found at the surface of flowing waters. Feed mostly on fish (Ref. 12693).

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Rainboth, W.J., 1996. Fishes of the Cambodian Mekong. FAO species identification field guide for fishery purposes. FAO, Rome, 265 p. (Ref. 12693)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Data deficient (DD)

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Luciosoma setigerum (Valenciennes, 1842)