Sarasin's Buntingi
March 13th, 2012 — 1:26pm
Utilises a strategy which has become known as ‘pelvic brooding’. Spawning tends to occur in the early morning, with dominant males darkening in colouration and defending their space by driving away potential competitors, while approaching ripe females in a rigid ‘head-down’ position.
The eggs normally number 8-12 and are expelled as a single mass while being fertilised simultaneously, after which they continue to hang from th…
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Javanese Ricefish
March 13th, 2012 — 1:25pm
This species is widely-distributed throughout Peninsular Thailand, Malaysia (Malay Peninsula plus the states of Sabah and Sarawak, Borneo), Singapore and Indonesia, with records from the Riau Archipelago, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Bali, Lombok, and Sulawesi existing in the latter. Type locality is ‘Panimbang River, Perdana, Indonesia’.
It’s typically found in coastal, normally brac…
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Celebes Ricefish
March 13th, 2012 — 1:21pm
Described from the Maros River (Salo Maros), southwestern Sulawesi, Indonesia and subsequently recorded from rivers and streams throughout the southwestern arm of the island including Lake Tempe (Danau Tempe), plus the Mota Talau River, East Timor state on the nearby island of Timor.
More recently Herder and Chapuis (2010) reported it to be more widespread on Sulawesi, with new records pertaining to an unnamed small stre…
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