Hampala macrolepidota (Kuhl & Van Hasselt)

Chan, Jeffery C. F., Tsang, Alphonse H. F., Yau, Sze-man, Hui, Tommy C. H., Lau, Anthony, Tan, Heok Hui, Low, Bi Wei, Dudgeon, David & Liew, Jia Huan, 2023, The non-native freshwater fishes of Hong Kong: diversity, distributions, and origins, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 71, pp. 128-168 : 136

Hampala macrolepidota (Kuhl & Van Hasselt)

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Distribution. Shing Mun Reservoir (GBIF.org, 2021; current survey); Lower Shing Mun Reservoir (current survey).

Native range. Southeast Asia.

Remarks. Large individuals (over 30cm TL) have been observed to have penetrated as far as the middle reaches of hill streams that flow into Shing Mun Reservoir during the wet season.

Figures

Fig. 9. Hampala macrolepidota, 49 mm SL, Lower Shing Mun Reservoir.