Description

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 10; Anal soft rays: 20 - 22. Distinguished from all other members of the family by the combination of the following characters: jaws subequal, 20-22 anal fin rays, eye diameter about equal to snout length, 33-35% HL, 58-65 scales in lateral row, 8-10 branched dorsal rays (Ref. 26747).

Common Names

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Egg carrying Poso minnow , English , USA

Egg-carrying Buntingi , English , UK

Eggcarrying buntingi , English , UK

Eggcarrying buntingi , English , Global

Ripsumedaka , Finnish , Finland

Eiertragender Posokärpfling , German , Germany

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Beloniformes

Family: Adrianichthyidae

Genus: Adrianichthys

Species: Adrianichthys oophorus (Kottelat, 1990)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Asia: Indonesia.

Biology

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The eggs are carried between the pelvic fins with each egg attached to the body by 10-20 filaments (Ref. 7050).

Habitat

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pelagic