Celebes rainbow
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| Telmatherina ladigesi Ahl, 1936 |
The celebes rainbow (Telmatherina ladigesi) is a species of fish in the Telmatherinidae family. It is endemic to Indonesia.
Description: Males grow to 6-8cm, and females to 5-7cm in length. Their body is quite slender, and almost fully transparent with a blue stripe along their sideline. Sexes can be distinguished easily, since males has elongated black Dorsal and Ventral fins, and usually a bit darker than females.
Distribution: Telmatherina ladigesi is originated form Indonesia. In Indonesia, they can be found only near the town named Maros, so the other name of the species is Marosatherina ladigesi. Due to ornamental fish business and pollution, their numbers have dramatically reduced.
Habitat: These fishes dwell in estaurines, where freshwater rivers flow into the sea, so they live in fast flowing brackish water with lots of dissolved oxygene. Most of their day is spent hiding among the leaves of plants, where they catch litte worms, insects or eat some vegetal debris.
[edit] References
- Kottelat, M. 1996. Telmatherina ladigesi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 05 August 2007.
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