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Hemimyzon confluens
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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. The known material suggests a maximum standard length of about 47 mm (1.9 in). H. confluens is threatened by pollution from mining activities and hydro-power development.

References

1. ^ Kottelat, M. (2012). "Hemimyzon confluens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T181035A1691255. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T181035A1691255.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2012-11-24.

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

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