Malaysia country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Huber, J.H., 1996
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Common names from other countries

Java medaka, Jaavanmedaka, Java-Reiskärpfling, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Beloniformes (Needle fishes) > Adrianichthyidae (Ricefishes) > Oryziinae
Etymology: Oryzias: Greek, oryza = rice; because of the habitat used by this fish (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Bleeker.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

; agua dulce; salobre bentopelágico; pH range: 7.5 - 8.5; no migratorio. Tropical; 22°C - 25°C (Ref. 31267)

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri

Asia: Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand (Ref. 27658). Recorded from the Mekong (Ref. 12693).

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.5 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 31267); common length : 3.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 27658)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 6 - 7; Radios blandos anales: 20 - 25; Vértebra: 28 - 29. Principal caudal fin rays 5/6.

Found in ditches, canals, ponds. Occurs at the surface in habitats with dense growth of aquatic plants. Feeds on small crustaceans, insects and protozoans (Ref. 12693). Non-annual breeder. Is very difficult to maintain in aquarium (Ref. 27139). Not seen in markets (Ref. 12693).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva

Female carries her eggs outside her body in a cluster, attached to the genital pore by filaments.

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Seegers, Lothar | Colaboradores

Roberts, T.R., 1998. Systematic observations on tropical Asian medakas or ricefishes of the genus Oryzias, with descriptions of four new species. Ichthyol. Res. 45(3):213-224. (Ref. 27658)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 16 November 2018

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)