Indonesia (Western New Guinea) - List of fishes

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marbled eel

Anguilla marmorata

70 cm

solitary

carnivorous

Betta channoides

Osphronemidae

4 cm

living as a couple or alone

carnivorous

Betta foerschi

Osphronemidae

5 cm

living as a couple or in a group

carnivorous

Betta patoti

Osphronemidae

12 cm

living as a couple or in a group

carnivorous

Betta rutilans

Osphronemidae

3 cm

living as a couple or in a group

carnivorous

bleher's rainbowfish

Chilatherina bleheri

11 cm

living in small groups

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

barred rainbowfish

Chilatherina fasciata

10 cm

living in small groups

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

Polota datnoid

Datnioides polota

18 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

Gastromyzon punctulatus

Balitoridae

4 cm

living in small groups

herbivorous

Glossogobius illimis

Gobiidae

9 cm

solitary

carnivorous

red rainbowfish

Glossolepis incisus

9 cm

gregarious

omnivorous

Dominant males are completely red and have a hump on the back. It's pretty easy to acclimatize and raise in aquarium, but we must separate the adults and eggs after spawning. It is threatened in the wild: those sold come from farms.

Hypseleotris compressa

Eleotridae

7 cm

gregarious

carnivorous

Iriatherina werneri

Melanotaeniidae

4 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

silver flagtail

Kuhlia marginata

15 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

boeseman's rainbowfish

Melanotaenia boesemani

9 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

Color varies according to gender: the male is blue and yellow, the female is brown and green. Once formed, the pair lays each day some eggs in the vegetation. The eggs hatch after 12 days. It is easy to breed in captivity.

lake kurumoi rainbowfish

Melanotaenia parva

5 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

dwarf rainbowfish

Melanotaenia praecox

4 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

ragged-tail pipefish

Microphis retzii

14 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

giant gourami

Osphronemus goramy

45 cm

living in shoals

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

It can breathe oxygen from the air, it stays at least half an hour under the surface between two breathes. Its tapered pectoral fins have a tactile and sensory role. Because of its large size, it is not recommended for the aquarium of a specimen.

Pseudomugil gertrudae

Pseudomugilidae

3 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

neon blue-eye

Pseudomugil luminatus

3 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

Sicyopterus longifilis

Gobiidae

9 cm

solitary

omnivorous

Sicyopus zosterophorus

Gobiidae

4 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

Stiphodon semoni

Gobiidae

4 cm

living in small groups

herbivorous

banded archerfish

Toxotes jaculatrix

20 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

Indonesia (Western New Guinea) - List of fishes

marbled eel

Betta channoides

Betta foerschi

Betta patoti

Betta rutilans

bleher's rainbowfish

barred rainbowfish

Polota datnoid

Gastromyzon punctulatus

Glossogobius illimis

red rainbowfish

Hypseleotris compressa

Iriatherina werneri

silver flagtail

boeseman's rainbowfish

lake kurumoi rainbowfish

dwarf rainbowfish

ragged-tail pipefish

giant gourami

Pseudomugil gertrudae

neon blue-eye

Sicyopterus longifilis

Sicyopus zosterophorus

Stiphodon semoni

banded archerfish

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