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Sundaland Noodlefishes
Sundasalanx
Sundasalanx, the Sundaland noodlefishes, is the only genus in the family Sundasalangidae which belongs to the same order as the herrings and their relatives. This family of extremely small fishes is restricted to freshwater environments of Southeast Asia with Indonesia being home to the majority of species. The seven currently recognized species in this genus are:
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species
Dwarf Noodlefish
speciesSundasalanx praecox
Sundasalanx platyrhynchus
speciesSundasalanx platyrhynchus
Sundasalanx malleti
speciesSundasalanx malleti
Sundasalanx megalops
speciesSundasalanx megalops
Mekong Noodlefish
speciesSundasalanx mekongensis
Sundasalanx mesops
speciesSundasalanx mesops
Sundasalanx microps
speciesSundasalanx microps
Where it lives
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 92315.