Hemimyzon confluens

Hemimyzon confluens
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Balitoridae
Genus:	Hemimyzon
Species:	H. confluens
Binomial name
	Hemimyzon confluens; Kottelat, 2000

Hemimyzon confluens is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Hemimyzon. It is known from a single location in the Nam Ngum drainage in Laos, a tributary of the Mekong.^[1] The known material suggests a maximum standard length of about 47 mm (1.9 in).^[2] H. confluens is threatened by pollution from mining activities and hydro-power development.^[1]

References

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^ ^a ^b Kottelat, M. (2000). "Diagnoses of a new genus and 64 new species of fishes from Laos (Teleostei: Cyprinidae, Balitoridae, Bagridae, Syngnathidae, Chaudhuriidae and Tetraodontidae)" (PDF). Journal of South Asian Natural History. 5: 37–82.

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hemimyzon confluens". FishBase.

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[kottelat-2] Kottelat, M. (2000). "Diagnoses of a new genus and 64 new species of fishes from Laos (Teleostei: Cyprinidae, Balitoridae, Bagridae, Syngnathidae, Chaudhuriidae and Tetraodontidae)" (PDF). Journal of South Asian Natural History. 5: 37–82.

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