Lobocheilos rhabdoura is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the family which includes the carps, barbs, minnows and related fishes.

[2] This fish is found Southeast Asia where it occurs in the Chao Phraya and Mae Khlong in Thailand; the lower Mekong basin in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Viet Nam; the Đồng Nai River in Viet Nam; the Xe Bang Fai River in Laos and in Western Malaysia.

[1] L. rhabdoura has a maximum published standard length of 22 cm (8.7 in).

It inhabits the lower depths of large and medium-sized streams, typically in reaches withs with relatively swift current and in rapids.

It is likeley that this fish spawns at the satrt of the rainly season.