THAT LAT FISH
1. Origin of That Lat fish
The Phat Lat fish is an omnivorous fish species widely distributed in natural waters in India and found in most Indochina countries such as Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. In Vietnam, natural That Lat fish is mainly distributed in the Mekong Delta, Dong Nai River and the Central and Central Highlands provinces...
2. Appearance characteristics of strabismus fish
That Lat fish has a small, thin, flattened body, a very small tail, and small scales covering the whole body. When fully developed, the body length will range from 20 - 150cm, weighing about 200 grams.
Color: The fish is usually dark green on the back, the lower abdomen is silvery white, the lower edge of the operculum bone is yellow.
Head: the fish is small, pointed, protruding forward, the mouth is relatively large with a short snout, the mouth slit extends to the front of the eye socket.
Back part: slightly hunched and protruding above, the curvature will depend on the size of the fish's body.
Body: the head is covered by thin, small scales with very strong adhesion.
The anal fin extends the caudal fin, runs along the abdomen, merges with the small caudal fin, making their appearance quite similar to a knife blade, hence the English name of some species knifefish meaning "knife fish". ". The total number of fin rays of the anal and caudal fins is over 100.
3. That Lat fish family
The That Lat fish family (Notopteridae) is a small fish family of 8-10 species belonging to the Arowana order. In Vietnamese, the species living in the Vietnam area are generally called That Lat fish, Nang Hai fish, Nang Huong fish. , Com fish... They are small fish species, living in mainly freshwater, sometimes brackish water environments in Africa and Southeast Asia.
Some of the larger species, especially the Chitala chitala, are food fish and are also sometimes kept in aquariums.
This family has 8-10 species in 4 genera:
Chitala genus
o Nang Huong fish or leopard skin fish, leopard skin fish
o Chitala borneensis
o Nang Hai fish or Com fish, That Lat com fish
o Chitala hypselonotus
o Giant Parsnip fish
o Com fish
Genus Notopterus
o Sliced fish
Genus Papyrocranus
o Netted knifefish
o Papyrocranus congoensis
Genus Xenomystus
o African knifefish
4. That Lat fish breeding season
The fish begins its reproductive cycle when it reaches adulthood, its body size reaches about 200g. Normally, the fish breeding season will start from May to July every year.
This fish has the habit of leaving eggs on rocky outcrops, and on average can produce 300 - 1000 eggs/season. After the eggs are laid, the male fish will use his tail to wave the water so that the fry will soon be born.
