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Ehiravidae (River sprats)
Etymology: Sundasalanx: Composed from Sunda, Asiatic island + latinization of Philippines, salamga, French salangana = the name of a kind of swallow (Ref. 45335); malleti: Named after John Valentine Granville Mallet.
Eponymy: John Valentine Granville Mallet (d: 1930) is a ceramics historian who was Keeper of Ceramics and Glass at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, until that institution was, for financial reasons, restructured (1989) and he was forced to retire. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
Asia: Barito River Basin, Borneo, Kalimantan Tengah, Indonesia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Common length : 2.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 13663)
In turbid, flowing waters over silty, clayey substrates along banks adjacent to mainstream currents and at depths up to 1 m, probably deeper during daylight. Feeds on insects and crustaceans.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Siebert, D.J., 1997. Notes on the anatomy and relationships of Sundasalanx Roberts (Teleostei, Clupeidae), with descriptions of four new species from Borneo. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Lond. (Zool.) 63(1):13-26. (Ref. 13663)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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