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Families
3
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Adult male in spawning condition; population unspecified.

Betta albimarginata

Osphronemidae · Kottelat & Ng, 1994

Max length
30mm SL1.2in SL
Tank
45 × 30cm18 × 12in
Temp
23–28°C73–82°F
pH
4.0–6.5

Betta albimarginata is a small mouthbrooding labyrinth fish that appears endemic to the Sebuku River drainage in East Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. It lives among marginal plant roots and leaf litter in forest streams only 5 to 10 cm deep. With B. channoides it forms the Betta albimarginata group, and the two look very similar: in B. albimarginata the unpaired fins have a broad white distal band and a broad dark submarginal band around a plain red inner portion.

Moderate
Adult male collected close to Bagun, Kalimantan Timur (East Kalimantan), Indonesia, Borneo.

Betta balunga

Osphronemidae · Herre, 1940

Max length
50mm SL2.0in SL
Tank
60 × 30cm24 × 12in
Temp
22–27°C72–81°F
pH
5.0–7.0

Betta balunga is a mouthbrooding labyrinth fish from Borneo, found from Tawau in Sabah, Malaysia, south to the Sebuku and Mahakam basins in Indonesia. A member of the Betta akarensis group, it has a reddish-orange iris in life. In the Sebuku it lives in very shallow forest streams among roots and leaf litter, and in the Mahakam basin in sluggish blackwater streams among submerged marginal vegetation.

Moderate
Young male; population unspecified.

Betta ocellata

Osphronemidae · de Beaufort, 1933

Max length
90mm SL3.5in SL
Tank
80 × 30cm31 × 12in
Temp
21–25°C70–77°F
pH
5.5–7.5

Betta ocellata is a large paternal mouthbrooding labyrinth fish from Sabah, northeastern Borneo, and the Sebuku River basin in East Kalimantan. A member of the B. unimaculata complex, it grows to 90 mm SL and has a pointed, slightly conical head. It has been collected from clear flowing streams, elevated headwater pools, turbid forest streams, ox-bow lakes and ponds in oil palm plantations.

Moderate
Adult specimen of the orange colour form in its natural habitat, Sabah state, Malaysia (Borneo).

Gastromyzon lepidogaster

Gastromyzontidae · Roberts, 1982

Max length
100mm SL3.9in SL
Tank
120 × 30cm48 × 12in
Temp
18–24°C64–75°F
pH
6.0–8.5

Gastromyzon lepidogaster is a hillstream loach from northern Borneo and the most widely-distributed member of the genus. It occurs in Sabah, Brunei and East Kalimantan. Colour is variable: large adults may be bright green, orange or barred, and can apparently change from barred to plain in a few seconds. It is occasionally available in the trade, where the orange form is particularly sought after.

Moderate
Specimen from northern Sarawak state, Malaysian Borneo.

Nematabramis everetti

Cyprinidae · Boulenger, 1894

Max length
105mm SL4in SL
Tank
not recorded
Temp
not recorded
pH
not recorded

Nematabramis everetti is a cyprinid endemic to Borneo, known from Sarawak and Sabah plus East and North Kalimantan. It has a distinctive dark, vertically-elongate humeral marking, more prominent than in other Nematabramis species. Juveniles and subadults appear to favour fast-moving water, while adults are found in deeper, slower stretches of minor tributaries.

Moderate
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