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Parosphromenus bintan KOTTELAT & NG, 1998

February 25th, 2013 — 9:00pm

This species is not generally available in the aquarium hobby on a commercial basis but is occasionally collected and distributed by private aquarists.

It’s name is sometimes misapplied to commercial shipments of other species, and there also exist a number of other fish with rounded caudal-fins that may or may not be conspecific, including P. sp. ‘blue line’ and P. sp. ‘Selatan’ from Sumatra.

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Parosphromenus anjunganensis KOTTELAT, 1991

February 13th, 2013 — 8:48pm

It’s care requirements, disposition, and especially conservation status dictate that it should be maintained alone or alongside a group of small, peaceful cyprinids such as Boraras or Sundadanio spp.

Likewise, different Parosphromenus spp. should not be kept together since the females of many are very difficult to tell apart and some are undoubtedly capable of hybridising.

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Butis amboinensis (BLEEKER, 1853)

Olive Flathead Gudgeon

September 26th, 2012 — 2:04pm

This species is not traded for aquaria but is occasionally exported as bycatch among shipments of other species. It differs from congeners in that the outermost row of teeth are not enlarged plus the interorbital space and cheek below eye are not scaled.

Butis spp. are largely nocturnal ambush predators with cryptic…

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Stiphodon atratus WATSON, 1996

September 21st, 2012 — 10:05am

Type locality is given as ‘Stream at end of long narrow bay, Waigeo Island, Irian Jaya, Indonesia’, with the species also known from rivers draining the northern slope of New Guinea as well as Halmahera Island (Indonesia), the Admiralty Islands (Papua New Guinea), the Bismarck Archipelago (Papua New Guinea), D’Entrecasteaux Islands (Papua New Guinea), Louisiade Archipelago (Papua New Guinea), Bougainville (Papua New Guinea), Vanuatu, and…

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Sicyopus zosterophorus (BLEEKER, 1856)

September 18th, 2012 — 12:29pm

Type locality is given as ‘Boleling, northern Bali, Indonesia’ which appears to correspond to modern-day Buleleng, but this species is currently understood to have a patchy but wide distribution with a range stretching westwards from the Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), throughout much of Vanuatu, New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Palau, Fiji, Indonesia, the Philippines, Japan, Taiwan, and most recently, southern mainland China…

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Barbodes banksi HERRE, 1940

August 9th, 2012 — 2:36pm

This species is not often seen in the aquarium hobby but occasionally exported as bycatch among shipments of other fishes. It was described as a subspecies of the closely-related ‘P.binotatus but is currently considered distinct on a tentative basis as per Ng and Tan (1999) who stated it is ‘likely’ that the two represent extreme colour forms of a single, variably-patterned species.

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Puntigrus anchisporus (VAILLANT, 1902)

August 9th, 2012 — 11:31am

This species occasionally appears in the aquarium hobby, but the trade is largely reliant on commercially-produced ‘tiger barbs’ of questionable origin.

It is distinguished from congeners by the following combination of characters: lateral line complete; 14 circumpeduncular scales; 21-23+2 scales in the lateral row; dorsal-fin black with red outer band; pelvic fins red.

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Barbodes binotatus (VALENCIENNES, 1842)

Spotted Barb

July 11th, 2012 — 12:58pm

This species is so ubiquitous across its natural range that it’s often referred to simply as ‘common barb’. Basic adult colour pattern consists of a small, dark spot at the base of the dorsal-fin origin and another on the caudal peduncle but overall appearance varies somewhat depending on origin, with the anterior dark spot enlarged ventrally forming a bar or posterior spot extending into the caudal-fin, for example. The spots may also appear darker or lighter in some individuals.

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Desmopuntius endecanalis (ROBERTS, 1989)

July 2nd, 2012 — 11:49am

Probably a micropredator feeding on small insects, worms, crustaceans and other zooplankton in nature. In the aquarium it will accept dried foods of a suitable size but should not be fed these exclusively. Daily meals of small live and frozen fare such as Daphnia, Artemia, and suchlike will result in the best colouration and encourage the fish to come into breeding condition.

It’s a schooling species by natur…

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Desmopuntius hexazona (WEBER & DE BEAUFORT, 1912)

'Pentazona' Barb

June 28th, 2012 — 1:57pm

Native to parts of southern Borneo, eastern Sumatra, Singapore, and the Malay Peninsula. In Singapore it’s considered highly-endangered and is now restricted to the Central Catchment nature reserve.

Type locality is ‘Tuluk and Gunung Sahilan, Sumatra, Indonesia’ which appears to correspond to localities within the Kampar River drainage of which the former is now known as Teluk Meranti and is o…

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