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WelfareCheck:
F (2022-09-24)
Advice:
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Profile status
Taxonomy
Ethograms
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Growth
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Maturity:
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Malformations:
Finsufficient data
Swimming
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Depth:
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Migration:
Fpotamodromous
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Reproduction
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Brood care:
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Social behaviour
Aggregation:
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Organisation:
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Aggression:
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Handling
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Slaughter | farm:
Fprepared
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Farming remarks
Cirrhinus microlepis is a freshwater medium-sized carp that can be naturally found in large and medium-sized rivers and lowland floodplains of Chao Phraya and Mekong basins in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam. It is one of the most important fish species for those regional fisheries. Besides increased fishing, the factors that have probably contributed to an overall decline of natural populations of C. microlepis over the years are hydrological and hydraulic changes, habitat degradation, water pollution, loss of habitat connectivity, climate change, increasing land use for crops, and introduction of alien fishes for aquacultural purposes. This has stimulated the development of aquaculture of this species. Even the fish weights and lengths for several individuals are decreasing at some places, like Tonle Sap lake in Cambodia. It is now considered a vulnerable species in the IUCN Red List.
Because most wild information about C. microlepis is missing, it is difficult to know its natural needs and behaviours that are important to evaluate its welfare state under farming conditions. Even farm information is scarce about this species, and most of what is known is about carps in general. Further research is urgently needed to better assess and improve the welfare of C. microlepis.
For details see: WelfareCheck | farm (latest major release: 2022-09-24)
Related news
2022-10-26: New species profile: Cirrhinus microlepis
Extending our cyprinid branch of the species tree, we recently added Cirrhinus microlepis, the Smallscale mud carp. Although one of the most frequently farmed species in southeast Asia, too little is known about home range, depth range, aggregation, aggression, substrate, and malformations, and even nothing is know about proneness to stress. From the litte information we have, the urge to migrate, the practice of inducing spawning by hormones, and a missing established slaughter protocol are not promising when it comes to assessing the welfare potential of this carp in captivity. For more information, please visit the Overview and Short profile of Cirrhinus microlepis.
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