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Wrapping up a 2nd round of #FishABC: Z is for Balitoropsis zollingeri, the Black Lizard Loach. This species is found in the Mekong river basin, as well as Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo & Java.
π·: Nonn Panitvong, Zahar Azuar Zakaria, Choy Heng Wah
#FishABC: Y is for Homalopteroides yuwonoi. Described in 1998, this hillstream loach is another Borneo endemic, and is only known from fast-flowing streams in the vicinity of Danau Sentarum Wildlife Reserve, in the upper basin of the Kapuas, West Kalimantan.
π·: Randall (2013)
#FishABC: X is for Barbodes xouthos. Described in 2011, this barb is endemic to Brunei in northern Borneo. It appears to be restricted to the Tutong & Belait districts, with the type series coming from Sungai Merimbun & Tasek (Lake) Merimbun in Tutong.
π·: Kottelat & Tan (2011)
#FishABC: W is for Wallago attu, the Wallago or Helicopter Catfish. This large predatory silurid is widely distributed in South & Southeast Asia, but may be extinct in Java.
π·: Shankar Balasubramanian, Vijay Anand Ismavel, Phanara Thach, Jean-Francois Helias
#FishABC: V is for Vaillantella euepiptera. This species occurs in the Kapuas basin in West Kalimantan, Indonesia Borneo, as well as in the Tasik Bera system in Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia.
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π·: M.I. Norhakim Lokman, Hans Evers
#FishABC: V is for Vaillantella maassi, the Fork-tailed Loach. This species, 1 of the 3 members of Vaillantellidae, lives in forest streams in parts of Sumatra, Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia & southern Thailand.
π·: Choy Heng Wah, H-J Chen, Aquarium Glaser
#FishABC: U is for Oxyeleotris urophthalmoides. This species of sleeper has been recorded in freshwater streams in Sumatra and Borneo, and may possibly also occur in mangroves.
π·: Chien C. Lee
#FishABC: U is for Oxyeleotris urophthalmus, the Sinuous Gudgeon. This species is widespread in Southeast Asia but uncommon in Singapore; it occurs in the lower reaches of freshwater rivers & streams, as well as in mangroves.
π·: Nonn Panitvong, Dinh D. Tran
#FishABC: T is for Toxotes chatareus, the Spotted Archerfish. Like the Banded Archerfish, this species is typically found in Singapore's mangroves & estuaries, but is known to move upstream into freshwater.
π·: Ria Tan, Tan Kok Hui, Koh Soon Yap, Gerard Chartier
#FishABC: T is for Toxotes jaculatrix, the Banded Archerfish. An inhabitant of Singapore's coastal marine habitats, mangroves, and estuaries, this is another species capable of living in freshwater.
π·: Marc Rosenstein, Patricia Lorenz, Ria Tan
#FishABC: T is for Trichopodus leerii, the Pearl Gourami. Very common in the aquarium hobby, this gourami is native to Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra & Borneo, and lives in association with peat swamp & freshwater swamp forests.
π·: MΓ‘rio Gomes, Stefan Kleynhans
#FishABC: S is for Sundasalanx, the Sundaland noodlefishes, which also qualify for #FishEponym. These are paedomorphic freshwater clupeiforms of Southeast Asia, i.e. close relatives of herrings & sardines. Pictured here is Sundasalanx microps from Borneo.
π·: Michael Lo
#FishABC: S is for Sundadanio. Also #FishEponym, since this genus was named for the Greater Sunda Islands, which include Sumatra & Borneo, where these tiny fishes have been found. At first, only a single species, Sundadanio axelrodi, was known.
π·: Conway et al. (2011)
#FishABC: S is for Stigmatogobius sella, the Sharp-nosed Knight Goby. This goby lives in small, shallow pools & creeks in mangroves of Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo, but is also known from freshwater habitats in some areas.
π·: M.I. Norhakim Lokman
#FishABC: S is for Stigmatogobius pleurostigma, the Peach Knight Goby. Like the Grey Knight Goby, this species inhabits Singapore's mangroves & estuaries, but can live in upstream in freshwater habitats.
π·: Kelvin K.P. Lim, in Larson (2005), Nonn Panitvong, Zahar Azuar Zakaria
#FishABC: S is for Stigmatogobius sadanundio, the Grey Knight Goby. This is a goby of Singapore's mangroves & estuaries that is capable of living in freshwater environments.
π·: Zahar Azuar Zakaria, Lim Teow Yeong, Nonn Panitvong, Priyankar Chakraborty
#FishABC: S is for Scatophagus argus, the Spotted Scat. A species of Singapore's coastal marine waters, mangroves, and estuaries, smaller individuals may enter the lower stretches of rivers & canals and live in freshwater.
π·: Ria Tan, Carol Kwok, Johnny Jensen
#FishABC: S is for Satanoperca jurupari, the Demon Eartheater. This is yet another Neotropical cichlid that's now present in Singapore, with a breeding population found in Kranji Reservoir.
π·: Ng & Tan (2010), Ray Haynes, Peter Irtz, Brian Gratwicke
#FishABC: R is for Redigobius bikolanus, the Mangrove Bigmouth Goby. This is another goby typically found in Singapore's mangroves & estuaries, but is also known to live in freshwater streams.
π·: Gerald R. Allen, Yuichi Kano, H.T. Cheng
#FishABC: R is for Rasbora notura. This species was described in 2005, and occurs in northeastern Peninsular Malaysia, in the states of Terengganu & Kelantan. New species of Rasbora are still being described regularly.
π·: Muhammad Rasul Abdullah Halim, Lim Teow Yeong
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