Probarbus labeamajor és una espècie de peix cipriniforme de la família dels ciprínids.
Morfologia Els mascles poden assolir 150 cm de longitud totalBaird, I.G., V. Inthaphaisy, P. Kisouvannalath, B. Phylavanh i B. Mounsouphom, 1999. The fishes of southern Lao. Lao Community Fisheries and Dolphin Protection Project. Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Laos. 161 p. i 70 kg de pes.Roberts, T.R. i T.J. Warren, 1994. Observations of fishes and fisheries in southern Laos and northeastern Cambodia, October 1993-Febuary 1994. Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam. Soc. 42:87-115. Nombre de vèrtebres: 40-41.FishBase
Alimentació Menja organismes bentònics i larves d'insectes.Vidthayanon, C., 2005. Thailand red data: fishes. Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning, Bangkok, Tailàndia. 108 p.
Hàbitat És un peix d'aigua dolça i de clima tropical.
Distribució geogràfica Es troba a Àsia: és una espècie de peix endèmica de la conca del riu Mekong.Baird, I.G., 1998. Preliminary fishery stock assessment results from Ban Hang Khone, Khong District, Champasak Province, Southern Lao PDR. Technical Report. Center for Protected Areas and Watershed Management, Department of Forestry, Agriculture and Forestry Division, Champasak Province, Lao, People's Democratic Republic. 112 p.Hill, M.T. i S.A. Hill, 1994. Fisheries ecology and hydropower in the lower Mekong River: an evaluation of run-of-the-river projects. Mekong Secretariat, Bangkok, Tailàndia. 106 p.Kottelat, M., 2001. Fishes of Laos. WHT Publications Ltd., Colombo 5, Sri Lanka. 198 p.Monkolprasit, S., S. Sontirat, S. Vimollohakarn i T. Songsirikul, 1997. Checklist of Fishes in Thailand. Office of Environmental Policy and Planning, Bangkok, Tailàndia. 353 p.Rainboth, W.J., 1996. Fishes of the Cambodian Mekong. FAO Species Identification Field Guide for Fishery Purposes. FAO, Roma, 265 p.Roberts, T.R. i I.G. Baird, 1995. Rapid assessment of fish and fisheries for the Xe Nam Noy-Xe Pian hydroscheme in Southern Lao PDR. The Wildlife Conservation Society, Vientiane, Lao PDR. 37 p.Roberts, T.R. i I.G. Baird, 1995. Traditional fisheries and fish ecology on the Mekong River at Khone waterfalls in southern Laos. Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam. Soc. 43:219-262.Singhanouvong, D., C. Soulignavong, K. Vonghachak, B. Saadsy i T.J. Warren, 1996. The main dry-season fish migrations of the Mekong mainstream at Hat Village, Muang Khong District, Hee Village, Muang Mouan District and Hatsalao Village, Paxse. Indigenous Fishery Develoment Project, Fisheries Ecology Technical Report núm. 3. Lao People's Democratic Republic. 130 p.Vidthayanon, C., J. Karnasuta i J. Nabhitabhata, 1997. Diversity of freshwater fishes in Thailand. Office of Environmental Policy and Planning, Bangkok. 102 p.
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Bibliografia
Riede, K., 2004. Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Alemanya. 329 p.
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Categoria:Ciprínids