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List of Freshwater Fishes reported from Brunei Darussalam
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Table 1: 110 species currently present in the country/island (endemic, native, introduced, reintroduced);
Table 2: 0 species possibly present in the country/island (stray, questionable);
Table 3: 1 species demonstrated to be absent in the country/island (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error).
Table 4: 111 species reported from the country/island altogether.
Table : 111 .
     
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Family Species Author Info Occurrence Common names Abundance Max length Maturity Remark Photo
Ariidae Arius subrostratus Valenciennes, 1840 Fr, Br, M native   39.50 cm NG male/unsexed   
Bagridae Bagroides melapterus Bleeker, 1851 Fr native   34.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Cyprinidae Balantiocheilos melanopterus (Bleeker, 1850) Fr, Aq native   35.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Balitoridae Balitoropsis ophiolepis (Bleeker, 1853) Fr native   11.10 cm SL male/unsexed   
Cyprinidae Barbichthys laevis (Valenciennes, 1842) Fr native   31.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Cyprinidae Barbodes binotatus (Valenciennes, 1842) Fr native   20.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Cyprinidae Barbodes xouthos (Kottelat & Tan, 2011) Fr native      No picture yet.
Cyprinidae Barbonymus collingwoodii (Günther, 1868) Fr native   21.50 cm TL male/unsexed   
Cyprinidae Barbonymus schwanefeldii (Bleeker, 1854) Fr native   35.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Osphronemidae Betta akarensis Regan, 1910 Fr native   14.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from Belait, Tutong and Bandar Seri Begawan Districts (Ref. 56613). 
Osphronemidae Betta macrostoma Regan, 1910 Fr native   6.70 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Belait District (Ref. 56613). 
Oxudercidae Boleophthalmus boddarti (Pallas, 1770) Fr, Br, M native   22.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Gobiidae Brachygobius doriae (Günther, 1868) Fr native   4.20 cm TL male/unsexed  Reported from the Kedalayan River (Ref. 43716). 
Chacidae Chaca bankanensis Bleeker, 1852 Fr native   20.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Channidae Channa melasoma (Bleeker, 1851) Fr native   30.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Ehiravidae Corica soborna Hamilton, 1822 Fr native   5.30 cm TL male/unsexed   
Cyprinidae Crossocheilus cobitis (Bleeker, 1854) Fr native   14.80 cm TL male/unsexed   
Xenocyprididae Ctenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes, 1844) Fr, Aq not established   150 cm TL male/unsexed   
Cyprinidae Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758 Fr, Aq introduced   120 cm TL male/unsexed   
Zenarchopteridae Dermogenys bruneiensis Meisner, 2001 Fr endemic   3.43 cm SL male/unsexed ;5.53 cm SL female  Type locality of Dermogenys bruneiensis, Dohakim River, tributary of the Brunei River near Bandar Seri Begawan, northwestern Borneo. Collected from coastal, black waters throughout Brunei (taken from L.R. Parenti's field notes at USNM). The streams where specimens were collected either ran through Nipa or dipterocarp vegetation. Species collected at more than one of the stations include: the phallostethids Neostethus borntiensis, N. bicornis; the gobies Stimatogobius borneensis, Bruchygobius doriae, Mugilogobius rambaiae, Hemigobius sp.; the puffer Tetraodon leirus; and eleotrids Bostryhus sp. and Ophiocara pomcephala; also a species of Zenarchopterus was collected at one station (Ref. 44897).  No picture yet.
Zenarchopteridae Dermogenys collettei Meisner, 2001 Fr, Br native   5.09 cm SL male/unsexed  Specimens were reported (from L.R. Parenti field notes) to have been collected in mangroves near the mouth of the Belait t River in black water, recorded pH was 3.8 (Ref. 44897).  No picture yet.
Syngnathidae Doryichthys deokhatoides (Bleeker, 1854) Fr native   18.50 cm SL male/unsexed   
Syngnathidae Doryichthys martensii (Peters, 1868) Fr native   15.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Gobiidae Eugnathogobius illotus (Larson, 1999) Fr native    Recorded from Nypa forest, Pulau Berambang (Ref. 43716). 
Gobiidae Eugnathogobius siamensis (Fowler, 1934) Fr native   4.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Museum: Small stream near Kampong Lempong, Temburong Baru, NTM S.14244-001 (8, 2.3-2.85 cm SL) (Ref. 43716). 
Cyprinidae Garra borneensis (Vaillant, 1902) Fr native   11.50 cm SL male/unsexed   
Gastromyzontidae Gastromyzon aeroides Tan & Sulaiman, 2006 Fr native   4.59 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Temburong River basin (Ref. 56228).  No picture yet.
Gastromyzontidae Gastromyzon borneensis Günther, 1874 Fr native   10.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Gastromyzontidae Gastromyzon cranbrooki Tan & Sulaiman, 2006 Fr native   7.55 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality, Sungai Belalong, in front and near to Kuala Belalong Field Studies Centre, UNB uncat. (holotype of Gastromyzon cranbrooki, 4.82 cm SL). Presently known only from the Temburong River basin in Brunei Darussalam (Ref. 56228). This is the most common species of the genus in the riffle zones of Sungai Belalong (Ref. 56228).  No picture yet.
Gastromyzontidae Gastromyzon lepidogaster Roberts, 1982 Fr native   10.15 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Temburong River drainage in northern Borneo (Ref. 53259). 
Gastromyzontidae Gastromyzon punctulatus Inger & Chin, 1961 Fr native   6.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Temburong River basin (Ref. 57871). 
Gastromyzontidae Gastromyzon venustus Tan & Sulaiman, 2006 Fr native   4.94 cm SL male/unsexed  Known only from Sungai Belalong, Temburong River basin (Ref. 56228).  No picture yet.
Cyprinidae Hampala ampalong (Bleeker, 1852) Fr native   15.50 cm TL male/unsexed   
Cyprinidae Hampala bimaculata (Popta, 1905) Fr native   50.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from Temburong River drainage in northern Borneo (Ref. 53259).  No picture yet.
Bagridae Hemibagrus baramensis (Regan, 1906) Fr native   24.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Temburong River drainage in northern Borneo (Ref. 53259). 
Gobiidae Hemigobius hoevenii (Bleeker, 1851) Fr native   6.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Museum: Kedalayan River, from Nypa leaf axils, NTM S.12812-002 (Ref. 43716). 
Xenocyprididae Hypophthalmichthys nobilis (Richardson, 1845) Fr, Aq introduced   146 cm SL male/unsexed   
Pristigasteridae Ilisha megaloptera (Swainson, 1838) Fr, Br, M native   36.50 cm SL male/unsexed   
Sciaenidae Johnius borneensis (Bleeker, 1851) Fr, Br, M native   34.80 cm TL male/unsexed   
Sciaenidae Johnius coitor (Hamilton, 1822) Fr, Br, M native   16.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Siluridae Kryptopterus lais (Bleeker, 1851) Fr native   12.50 cm TL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Siluridae Kryptopterus limpok (Bleeker, 1852) Fr native   26.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Collected from Tutong district (Sungai Merimbun, outflow from Tasek Merimbun draining to Sungai Tutong) and Belait district, Sungai Maililas in front of Kampung Melilas (Ref. 42937). 
Siluridae Kryptopterus macrocephalus (Bleeker, 1858) Fr, Fi native   9.70 cm SL male/unsexed   
Latidae Lates calcarifer (Bloch, 1790) Fr, Br, M, Aq native   200 cm TL male/unsexed   
Leptobarbidae Leptobarbus hosii (Regan, 1906) Fr native   8.50 cm TL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Cyprinidae Lobocheilos ovalis Kottelat & Tan, 2008 Fr native   15.84 cm SL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Osphronemidae Luciocephalus pulcher (Gray, 1830) Fr native   20.00 cm SL male/unsexed   
Danionidae Luciosoma spilopleura Bleeker, 1855 Fr native   25.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Danionidae Luciosoma trinema (Bleeker, 1852) Fr native   25.50 cm TL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Lutjanidae Lutjanus argentimaculatus (Forsskål, 1775) Fr, Br, M native   150 cm TL male/unsexed   
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