River
Sampit
Only species with a profile on Seriously Fish are counted.
- Species
- 4
- Families
- 3
- Photographed
- 4 of 4
- Difficulty rated
- 4 of 4
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Betta uberis
Osphronemidae · Tan & Ng, 2006
Betta uberis is a small bubble-nesting labyrinth fish from peat swamp forests in Central and West Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. Most records come from between the lower Arut and Kumai rivers near Pangkalan Bun. Known to aquarists as Betta sp. 'Sukadana' or B. sp. 'Pangkalanbun' before its description, it belongs to the B. coccina group and is named for its high count of 14 to 17 dorsal-fin rays, which also separates it from its nearest neighbour in the group, B. hendra.

Desmopuntius foerschi
Cyprinidae · Kottelat, 1982
Sometimes traded as the 'boomerang barb' or 'Foersch's fire barb', Desmopuntius foerschi is a cyprinid from East and Central Kalimantan, Borneo. Extra dark blotches between the second, third and fourth vertical bars, and a mark at the rear of the dorsal-fin base, set it apart from other vertically-striped congeners. It probably inhabits peat swamps and associated blackwater streams, and information on its range is scarce.

Kottelatlimia hipporhynchos
Cobitidae · Kottelat & Tan, 2008
Kottelatlimia hipporhynchos is a small cobitid loach known only from Central Kalimantan in Indonesian Borneo. It lives in slow-moving forest streams with clear, tannin-stained water over white sand, where it rests on the substrate or dives into it, so it must be given a soft sandy substrate. The largest member of the genus, it differs from its congeners in having papillae covering the lips, barbels and lobes of the mouth.

Kottelatlimia pristes
Cobitidae · Roberts, 1989
Kottelatlimia pristes is a small cobitid loach from Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo, the most widely-distributed member of its genus. It inhabits small, slow-moving forest streams and peat swamps with tannin-stained water, often in piles of leaf litter. It turns up occasionally in the trade, sometimes as bycatch among other species and under names such as 'Sumatran mini royal loach' or Cobitis cf. sumatranus.