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Nematabramis steindachnerii

Popta, 1905

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Specimen from Sarawak state, Malaysian Borneo.
Specimen from Sarawak state, Malaysian Borneo.Michael Lo

Quick facts

Length
112mm SL4in SL
Tank base
not recorded
Temp
not recorded
pH
not recorded
Hardness
not recorded

Difficulty3 of 6 measures

Moderate

More bars, more demanding.

Space
modest tank
Water
unknown
Temp
unknown
Temperament
unknown
Social
shoal
Compatibility
community tank

Endemic to northern and central Borneo, with records from the Malaysian states of Sarawak and Sabah, Brunei Darussalam, and the Indonesian provinces North Kalimantan (Kalimantan Utara) and East Kalimantan (Kalimantan Timur). Type locality is 'Kajan River, eastern slope of central Kalimantan, Indonesia [Borneo]'.

Etymology

Nematabramis: from the Ancient Greek νῆμᾰ (nêma), meaning 'thread', and presumably the generic name Abramis.

steindachnerii: presumably in honour of Austrian ichthyologist Franz Steindachner (1834-1919).

Distribution

Endemic to northern and central Borneo, with records from the Malaysian states of Sarawak and Sabah, Brunei Darussalam, and the Indonesian provinces North Kalimantan (Kalimantan Utara) and East Kalimantan (Kalimantan Timur).

Type locality is 'Kajan River, eastern slope of central Kalimantan, Indonesia [Borneo]'.

Habitat

Nematabramis species are found a variety of habitat-types, from swiftly-flowing affluent streams to pools, lakes, and degraded swamps.

Notes

This species can be distinguished from congeners by the following combination of characters: barbels longer than head but not extending beyond the pectoral-fin base; body relatively slender, depth fits 3.6-4.2 times in SL; head relatively short, length fits 4.6-4.8 times in SL; 9-10 branched dorsal-fin rays; 16-17 branched anal-fin rays.

References

  1. Popta, C. M. L. (1905). Suite des descriptions préliminaires des nouvelles espèces de poissons recueillies au Bornéo central par M. le Dr. A. W. Nieuwenhuis en 1898 et en 1900. Notes from the Leyden Museum v. 25 (note 15), 171-186
  2. Kottelat, M. (2013). The fishes of the inland waters of southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibiography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 27, 1-663
  3. Parenti, L. R. and K. K. P. Lim (2005). Fishes of the Rajang Basin, Sarawak, Malaysia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 13, 175-208

Species images · 1

Specimen from Sarawak state, Malaysian Borneo.
Specimen from Sarawak state, Malaysian Borneo.Michael Lo

Used with the photographer’s permission. Not licensed for reuse.

One photograph on file. More would be welcome.

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