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Table 1: 474 species currently present in the country/island (endemic, native, introduced, reintroduced);
Table 2: 13 species possibly present in the country/island (stray, questionable);
Table 3: 5 species demonstrated to be absent in the country/island (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error).
Table 4: 492 species reported from the country/island altogether.
Table 1: 474 species currently present in the country/island.
     
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Family Species Author Info Occurrence Common names Abundance Max length Maturity Remark Photo
Cyprinidae Hypsibarbus suvattii Rainboth, 1996 Fr native  Trey chhpin (Khmer)  35.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from South-West Cambodia (Ref. 26580). Found in coastal rivers of Cardamom mountains (Ref. 12693). 
Cyprinidae Hypsibarbus vernayi (Norman, 1925) Fr native  Trey chhpin meas (Khmer)  30.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Occurs in the Mekong basin. Also Ref. 43281. 
Cyprinidae Hypsibarbus wetmorei (Smith, 1931) Fr, Fi native  Trey chhpin krahorn (Khmer)  46.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Found in the Mekong River. 
Syngnathidae Ichthyocampus carce (Hamilton, 1822) Fr native  Trey krawpoeu (Khmer)  15.00 cm male/unsexed  Known from the Mekong basin. 
Pristigasteridae Ilisha megaloptera (Swainson, 1838) Fr, Br, M native  Trey phneik thom (Khmer)  36.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Likely to occur in the Mekong basin (Ref. 12693). Also Ref. 7050. 
Cyprinidae Incisilabeo behri (Fowler, 1937) Fr native  Trey pava mook pee (Khmer)  60.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from upland reaches of Mekong (Ref. 12693). Also Ref. 43281. 
Indostomidae Indostomus paradoxus Prashad & Mukerji, 1929 Fr native   3.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Occurs in the Mekong River (Ref. 12693). Found in Beng Kebal Damrey (Ref. 36654). 
Indostomidae Indostomus spinosus Britz & Kottelat, 1999 Fr native   3.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Mekong basin (Ref. 43281). 
Sciaenidae Johnius borneensis (Bleeker, 1851) Fr, Br, M native   34.80 cm TL male/unsexed   
Ariidae Ketengus typus Bleeker, 1846 Fr native  Trey kaok (Khmer)  25.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Occurs in the Mekong basin. 
Siluridae Kryptopterus bicirrhis (Valenciennes, 1840) Fr native  Trey kes prak (Khmer)  15.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the Mekong basin (Ref. 27732) and Tuk Sap (Ref. 36654). 
Siluridae Kryptopterus cheveyi Durand, 1940 Fr, Fi native  Trey kamplieu snoeung (Khmer)  35.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the Mekong basin (Ref. 12693), Tonlé Sap and Kaskos (Ref. 36654). Also found in Lake Tonle Sap near Siem Reap (Ref. 45353). Several samples from the Stung Treng market had their stomachs projecting into their mouths caused by explosives being used by fishermen (Ref. 12693). Also Ref. 27732, 36662, 50582. 
Siluridae Kryptopterus geminus Ng, 2003 Fr, Fi native  Trey kamphliev (Khmer), Kamphliev (Khmer), Trey kamplieu khlanh (Khmer), Trey kompliev (Khmer)  17.06 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Mekong River drainage (Ref. 50583). Found in the Great Lake, Tonlé Sap (Ref. 36654) and Sangke river, Battambang province (Ref. 41486). Also Ref. 27732, 33813, 36651, 36686, 37772. 
Siluridae Kryptopterus limpok (Bleeker, 1852) Fr, Fi native  Trey kes prak (Khmer)  26.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the Mekong River (Ref. 12693). Also Ref. 43281. 
Siluridae Kryptopterus paraschilbeides Ng, 2003 Fr native   8.31 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Mekong River.  No picture yet.
Siluridae Kryptopterus schilbeides (Bleeker, 1858) Fr, Fi native  Trey kamplieu (Khmer)  12.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the Mekong basin. Also Ref. 36662. 
Cyprinidae Labeo barbatulus (Sauvage, 1878) Fr native   30.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Occurs in the Mekong basin (Ref. 43281). 
Cyprinidae Labeo chrysophekadion (Bleeker, 1849) Fr native  Kaek (Khmer), Trey kaek (Khmer), Trey kahêk (Khmer) common (usually seen) 90.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the Mekong basin (Ref. 12693, 27732). Found in the Tonle Sap river and Great Lake (Ref. 36651), Prek Krauchmar and Battembang (Ref. 36654). Undertakes upstream migration from October to March and dowstream migration from March to August (Ref. 37770). Also Ref. 7050, 36662, 36686, 33813, 43281. 
Cyprinidae Labeo dyocheilus (McClelland, 1839) Fr native  Trey pruol kmor (Khmer), Pa sa-y (Khmer), Pa va (Khmer), Trey para (Khmer)  90.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from Tonlé Sap, Sékong at Stung Treng and rapids of Sambor (Ref. 36654). 
Cyprinidae Labeo erythropterus Valenciennes, 1842 Fr native  Trey kuol chek (Khmer), Trey pawa mook moi (Khmer), Trey pruol thmor (Khmer)  70.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Mekong basin. Typically found in fairly fast currents, although it is found in the seasonally sluggish Tonlé Sap (Ref. 12693). Also Ref. 36662, 36686. 
Cyprinidae Labeo pierrei (Sauvage, 1880) Fr native   80.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Kraité (Ref. 36654). Also Ref. 43281. 
Cyprinidae Labeo rohita (Hamilton, 1822) Fr introduced   200 cm TL male/unsexed   
Cyprinidae Labeo yunnanensis Chaudhuri, 1911 Fr native   49.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Occurs in the Mekong basin. 
Cyprinidae Labiobarbus leptocheilus (Valenciennes, 1842) Fr, Fi native  Trey khnawng veng (Khmer), Trey ach kok (Khmer), Trey eteok (Khmer), Trey lenh (Khmer)  30.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Occurs in the Mekong basin (Ref. 12693, 7424). Found in Tonlé Sap, Stung Treng, O Po Kampon (Ref. 36654) and Great Lake (Ref. 33813). Also Ref. 27732, 36662, 43281, 45353. 
Cyprinidae Labiobarbus lineatus (Sauvage, 1878) Fr native   15.50 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from Tonlé Sap drainage (Ref. 56231). 
Cyprinidae Labiobarbus siamensis (Sauvage, 1881) Fr native  Archkok (Khmer), Trey ach kok (Khmer)  22.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the Mekong basin (Ref. 7424). Found around the Tonle Sap river and Great Lake (Ref. 36651). Occurs at midwater to bottom of streams (Ref. 36686). Also Ref. 36662, 33813, 43281. 
Ailiidae Laides longibarbis (Fowler, 1934) Fr native  Trey chhwiet prak (Khmer)  14.20 cm SL male/unsexed  Also Ref. 12693. 
Latidae Lates calcarifer (Bloch, 1790) Fr, Br, M native  Trey spong (Khmer), Cá vurot (Vietnamese)  200 cm TL male/unsexed  Occurs in the Mekong delta and tidal reaches of the Mekong (Ref. 12693). Known from Tonlé Sap (Ref. 36654). 
Danionidae Laubuka caeruleostigmata Smith, 1931 Fr native   7.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the Mekong basin (Ref. 12693). Occurs in Stung Sen (Ref. 36654). A common resident of the flooded forest in the lower Mekong in the early 1050s, but is now listed as rare by the IUCN (Ref. 12693). Also Ref. 43281. 
Danionidae Laubuka laubuca (Hamilton, 1822) Fr native   10.54 cm TL male/unsexed  Occurs in the Mekong basin (Ref. 12693). Known from Phnom Penh (Ref. 36654). Also Ref. 43281. 
Leiognathidae Leiognathus equula (Forsskål, 1775) Fr, Br native  Trey sambow hear (Khmer)  28.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Found in the freshwater tidal zone of the Mekong delta and is likely to be found at the upper edge of the tidal zone in Cambodia. 
Cobitidae Lepidocephalichthys birmanicus (Rendahl, 1948) Fr native   11.00 cm male/unsexed  Known from the Mekong basin. Recorded from a small tributary of the Se San. 
Cobitidae Lepidocephalichthys hasselti (Valenciennes, 1846) Fr native   6.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Mekong basin. Also Ref. 7050, 43281. 
Leptobarbidae Leptobarbus hoevenii (Bleeker, 1851) Fr, Fi, Aq native  Pror loung (Khmer), Chroleong (Khmer), Pralung (Khmer), Prolung (Khmer), Trey chrålang (Khmer), Trey chrawlang (Khmer), Trey knuoch (Khmer), Trey prâloung (Khmer), Trey pralung (Khmer), Trey prolung (Khmer), Trey prorlung (Khmer) fairly common (chances are about 50%) 100.00 cm SL male/unsexed  A migratory species occurring in the Mekong basin (Ref. 37772). Found around the Tonle Sap river and Great Lake (Ref. 36651), Mae Khong at Phum Rey Shsach (Ref. 36654). Also Ref. 3902, 36662, 33813, 43281. 
Cyprinidae Lobocheilos cryptopogon (Fowler, 1935) Fr native  Trey riel awng kam (Khmer)  15.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Found in Tonle Sap and Great Lake (Ref. 33813) 
Cyprinidae Lobocheilos davisi (Fowler, 1937) Fr native  occasional (usually not seen) 9.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Found in the Mekong River. 
Cyprinidae Lobocheilos delacouri (Pellegrin & Fang, 1940) Fr native   12.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the Mekong River. 
Cyprinidae Lobocheilos gracilis (Fowler, 1937) Fr native   24.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Found in the Mekong River. Large enough to be marketed fresh, but not yet seen in markets. 
Cyprinidae Lobocheilos melanotaenia (Fowler, 1935) Fr native  Trey changwa ronoung (Khmer)  20.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the Mekong basin (Ref. 12693), Battembang (Ref. 36654) and Great Lake (Ref.33813). Returns to Tonle Sap from the floodplains beginning in November with numbers peaking in December (Ref. 36686). Also Ref. 43281. 
Cyprinidae Lobocheilos rhabdoura (Fowler, 1934) Fr native   22.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Occurs in streams of the Mekong basin (Ref. 12693). Found in Battembang, km 224 on the road from Kratié to Saigon (Ref. 36654). Also Ref. 43281. 
Xenocyprididae Longiculter siahi Fowler, 1937 Fr native  Trey slak russey (Khmer)  20.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in Tonlé Sap (Ref. 36654). 
Danionidae Luciosoma bleekeri Steindachner, 1878 Fr native  Trey bang kouy (Khmer), Trey Dang Dau (Khmer), Trey daungdiro (Khmer), Trey dawng dao (Khmer)  25.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the Mekong basin (Ref. 12693), Stung Treng, Srepok, Tonlé Sap and Battembang (Ref. 36654). Also Ref. 36662, 43281. 
Danionidae Luciosoma setigerum (Valenciennes, 1842) Fr native  Chang wa ronaung (Khmer), Trey changwa ronaung (Khmer), Trey dawng dao (Khmer)  26.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Mekong basin (Ref. 12693). Found around the Tonle Sap river and Great Lake (Ref. 36651). Occurs in surface of flowing waters (Ref. 36686). Also Ref. 33813, 43281. 
Lutjanidae Lutjanus argentimaculatus (Forsskål, 1775) Fr, Br, M native  Cá huong (Vietnamese)  150 cm TL male/unsexed   
Engraulidae Lycothrissa crocodilus (Bleeker, 1850) Fr, Br native  Chhmar (Khmer), Trey chhmar kror poeu (Khmer), Trey chmar (Khmer)  30.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Mekong delta up to Tonlé Sap and the Great Lake (Ref. 12693). Its numbers remain uniform in the Tonlé Sap throughout the fishing season (Ref. 12693). At Kandal, it migrates upstream when the water recedes, just before the full moon (Ref. 37770). Also Ref. 36651, 36654, 36662, 33813, 45353. 
Xenocyprididae Macrochirichthys macrochirus (Valenciennes, 1844) Fr native  Dangkhteng (Khmer), Dang kteng (Khmer), Dangdao (Khmer), Trey dang khténg (Khmer), Trey dang ktong (Khmer), Trey dangkteng (Khmer), Trey dankhténg (Khmer) abundant (always seen in some numbers) 100.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the Mekong basin; abundant in lower Mekong in October (Ref.12693). Found around the Tonle Sap river and Great Lake (Ref. 36651), Prek Phnan (Ref. 36654). Occurs at medium to shallow depths in large rivers and lakes (Ref. 36686). Also Ref. 3902, 33813, 43281. 
Mastacembelidae Macrognathus circumcinctus (Hora, 1924) Fr native  Trey khchoeung (Khmer)  28.60 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from Réam, Stung O Krien, Sianoukville, Stung Tong Hong, Bang Kro and Tonlé Sap (Ref. 36654). 
Mastacembelidae Macrognathus maculatus (Cuvier, 1832) Fr native  Trey kchoeung (Khmer)  28.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Found in Tonle Sap and Great Lake (Ref. 33813). 
Mastacembelidae Macrognathus semiocellatus Roberts, 1986 Fr native   19.20 cm SL male/unsexed  Occurs in the Mekong basin (Ref. 12693). Also found in Lake Tonle Sap near Siem Reap (Ref. 45353). Also Ref. 27732. 
Mastacembelidae Macrognathus siamensis (Günther, 1861) Fr native  Trey chhlonh chhnoht (Khmer), Chhlong (Khmer), Trey chlaunh (Khmer)  30.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Occurs in the Mekong basin (Ref. 27732). Found in Kampong Réat, Kompong Cham (Ref. 36654), Tonle Sap river and Great Lake= Lake Tonle Sap (Ref. 33813). Also Ref. 39392, 45353, 83418. 
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