Identity and native record
Nandus nebulosus (Bornean Leaf Fish) is included because authoritative species records document native occurrence in West Kalimantan and Sumatra records. “Native to Indonesia” does not imply endemicity, captive availability, legal export, or permission to import.
Museum material is documented from the Kapuas basin in West Kalimantan; provenance remains necessary because Nandus are visually confusable.
Ecology and adult scale
- Feeding guild
- Piscivore
- Reported adult scale
- up to about 12 cm SL
- Habitat
- Quiet forest streams, swamps and leaf-litter margins
Feeding guild is an editorial husbandry aid, not a complete diet prescription. Juvenile and adult diets, seasonal ecology and individual behaviour can differ.
Welfare and suitability screen
Cryptic ambush predator needing calm, structured habitat and appropriately sized foods and tankmates.
Before any future listing, LIMNIC would need to document the individual fish, expected adult dimensions, secure containment, water parameters, diet, compatibility, transport risk and the buyer’s capacity to provide lifetime care.
