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Oryzias nigrimas Kottelat, 1990

Black buntingi
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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: freshwater
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Importance: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Lake Poso in Sulawesi (Ref. 7050). Also Ref. 26747, 31267.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/id.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kottelat, M., A.J. Whitten, S.N. Kartikasari and S. Wirjoatmodjo, 1993
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Beloniformes (Needle fishes) > Adrianichthyidae (Ricefishes) > Oryziinae
Etymology: Oryzias: Greek, oryza = rice; because of the habitat used by this fish (Ref. 45335);  nigrimas: Latin, niger = black + Latin, mas = male. An allusion to the dark nuptial coloration of males (Ref. 26747).
  More on author: Kottelat.

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic; pH range: 7.5 - 8.5; dH range: ? - 18; non-migratory.   Tropical; 22°C - 25°C (Ref. 31267); 1°S - 3°S, 120°W - 121°W (Ref. 26747)

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