This is all I've been able to find - not a lot of information:
http
/www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=27126
I found some sites that seemed to be saying it was also a fish raised for food (for humans).
Scaphognathops bandanensis Boonyaratpalin & Srirungroj, 1971
Family: Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) picture (Scban_u0.jpg) by Warren, T.
Point map
Order: Cypriniformes (carps)
Class: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:
Max. size: 40.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 30857)
Environment: benthopelagic; potamodromous (Ref. 51243); freshwater
Climate: tropical
Importance: fisheries: commercial
Resilience: Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:
Gazetteer Asia: Mekong basin in Laos, Thailand and Cambodia.
Morphology: Has 9 branched dorsal rays; 5 branched anal rays; wide mouth with broad and massive lower jaw (width 22-26% in head length); rudimentary lower lips; pale yellow to grey caudal fin in life.
Biology: Occurs in the main stream of the middle Mekong during dry season (Ref. 12693) in deep slow reaches (Ref. 37769). Migrates to smaller streams or floodplains during rainy season (Ref. 12693). Found also in rapid-running mountain streams (Ref. 12975). Omnivorous, feeding on detritus, periphyton, worms and insects. Breeding occurs at the end of the rainy season, as water levels fall. Marketed fresh (Ref.12693).
Red List Status: Not in IUCN Red List (Ref. 53964)
Dangerous: harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref: Rainboth, W.J.. 1996. (Ref. 12693)
