Sikukia stejnegeri
Sikukia stejnegeri
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
Sikukia stejnegeri is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae, which includes the carps, barbs, minnows, and related fishes. It is one of five known species in the genus Sikukia, all native to the river systems of mainland Southeast Asia. The species is found primarily in the Mekong and Chao Phraya basins, with populations also recorded from the Maeklong drainage. It was described in 1931 by the American ichthyologist Hugh McCormick Smith, who made it the type species of the new genus. The fish is a medium-sized, schooling, pelagic cyprinid of large lowland rivers and their tributaries, and it supports local subsistence and commercial fisheries throughout its range. Because of its wide distribution and current population stability, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has assessed it as Least Concern.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Sikukia