Author: (Bleeker, 1865)
Remark: Spelling of specific epithet to check with ECoF.
Comments: Inhabits large, slow flowing rivers (Ref. 43281).  Commonly found in standing and slowly moving water of streams, canal, ditches and reservoirs.  Moves into flooded forests and marshes during high water periods.  Usually occurs around submerged aquatic or inundated terrestrial vegetation where it consumes some algae but mostly insects and zooplankton.  Larger fish are marketed fresh while smaller ones are used to make prahoc along the Tonlé Sap, Cambodia (Ref. 12693).  Reaches more than 30 cm in length (Ref. 4792).