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Discover Indonesia’s native ornamental fishes, from forest streams to ancient lakes.

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01 / CONSOLIDATED COLLECTIONINDONESIAN NATIVE FRESHWATER FISH

One collection.
Many freshwater worlds.

Ricefishes, sailfins, rainbowfishes, gouramis, rasboras, barbs, loaches, catfish, halfbeaks, licorice gouramis and hillstream loaches now sit in one continuous Tropical Fish catalogue.

Browse by group or search a species and its recorded origin. Each profile connects the animal to its habitat, sources and conservation record.

02 / CONSOLIDATED VISUAL CATALOGUE

Indonesian ornamental fish, together.

86 illustrated species profiles, including Parosphromenus and Gastromyzon. Open a profile to explore its origin, care context and sources.

86 records

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Page 1 of 8 · 86 matching catalogue records

JAVA & BALI / REGIONAL COLLECTION

Discover Java and Bali.

Six additional tropical species connect the catalogue to Java and Bali. Island records are stated individually: presence in Java does not automatically establish a native population in Bali. These are research profiles, subject to availability and verified provenance.

Bali RasboraRasbora baliensisYellow RasboraRasbora lateristriataSpotted BarbBarbodes binotatusBarred LoachNemacheilus fasciatusJavan RicefishOryzias javanicusBlue PanchaxAplocheilus panchax

Large carnivores from Java are presented separately: Hampala macrolepidota · Hemibagrus nemurus.

Dahruddin et al. (2017) · Hasan et al. (2021) · Ng & Kottelat (2013)

GOURAMIS / INDONESIAN NATIVE RECORDS

Explore the gourami collection.

Eleven gourami and related labyrinth-fish species are documented here, alongside the separate licorice-gourami records. All four Sphaerichthys species are included. Colour forms such as blue, gold and opaline are grouped under Trichopodus trichopterus.

Chocolate GouramiSphaerichthys osphromenoidesVaillant’s Chocolate GouramiSphaerichthys vaillantiPearl GouramiTrichopodus leeriiKissing GouramiHelostoma temminckiiGiant GouramiOsphronemus goramyCrossband Chocolate GouramiSphaerichthys selatanensisThree-spot GouramiTrichopodus trichopterusCroaking GouramiTrichopsis vittataMalay Combtail GouramiBelontia hasseltiGiant Chocolate GouramiSphaerichthys acrostomaSeven-banded Giant GouramiOsphronemus septemfasciatus

Native-range checks: snakeskin gourami (Trichopodus pectoralis) is introduced in Indonesia. Sparkling gourami (Trichopsis pumila) has conflicting Indonesian range records and is excluded from this confirmed list. Betta and pikeheads remain in their dedicated collections. Low & Lim (2012) · Catalog of Fishes: T. pumila

Expanded native-fish research register.

88 accepted-name records are grouped only for scanning. This is a curated ornamental-relevance register, not a claim to enumerate every freshwater fish in Indonesia.

Java and Bali freshwater records

6 taxa

Sulawesi ricefishes and sailfins

6 taxa

Papuan rainbowfishes and blue-eyes

13 taxa
  • Iriatherina werneriREVIEW
  • Pseudomugil luminatusREVIEW
  • Melanotaenia boesemaniEN
  • Melanotaenia praecoxLC
  • Melanotaenia parvaCR
  • Melanotaenia arfakensisEN
  • Melanotaenia catherinaeLC
  • Chilatherina bleheriEN
  • Chilatherina sentaniensisCR
  • Glossolepis incisaEN
  • Glossolepis pseudoincisaVU
  • Pelangia mbutaensisCR
  • Pseudomugil gertrudaeLC

Gouramis and labyrinth fishes

11 taxa
  • Trichopodus trichopterusLC
  • Trichopsis vittataLC
  • Belontia hasseltiLC
  • Sphaerichthys acrostomaVU
  • Osphronemus septemfasciatusLC
  • Sphaerichthys osphromenoidesREVIEW
  • Sphaerichthys vaillantiREVIEW
  • Sphaerichthys selatanensisNT
  • Trichopodus leeriiREVIEW
  • Helostoma temminckiiREVIEW
  • Osphronemus goramyREVIEW

Bangka, Belitung and Kalimantan specialists

8 taxa
  • Sundadanio gargulaVU
  • Rasbora argyrotaeniaLC
  • Nemacheilus selangoricusLC
  • Sphaerichthys selatanensisNT
  • Paedocypris carbunculusNT
  • Rasbora patrickyapiNT
  • Rasbora johannaeLC
  • Rasbora ennealepisNT

Rasboras, barbs and algae grazers

13 taxa

Loaches, catfish and halfbeaks

4 taxa

Sumatra and the Riau islands

4 taxa
  • Parosphromenus bintanVU
  • Parosphromenus gunawaniCR
  • Parosphromenus phoenicurusCR
  • Parosphromenus sumatranusNT

Bangka Island

2 taxa
  • Parosphromenus deissneriEN
  • Parosphromenus juelinaeNE

Indonesian Kalimantan

9 taxa
  • Parosphromenus anjunganensisEN
  • Parosphromenus filamentosusEN
  • Parosphromenus kishiiNE
  • Parosphromenus linkeiEN
  • Parosphromenus opalliosEN
  • Parosphromenus ornaticaudaCR
  • Parosphromenus pahuensisEN
  • Parosphromenus parvulusVU
  • Parosphromenus quindecimCR

Verified Indonesian occurrence — 12 species

12 taxa

Parosphromenus, Gastromyzon, gouramis and the Java–Bali additions have visual profiles and research register entries. Sources on each profile support identity and distribution; catalogue artwork cannot authenticate an animal.

03 / RESEARCH RECORD

Sources and verification rules.

Accepted names, native distribution, conservation assessment, image identity and image licence are checked as separate evidence fields.

  1. Dahruddin et al. (2017), freshwater fishes of Java and Bali: DNA barcodes, native records and introduced species.
  2. Hasan et al. (2021), updated Rasbora baliensis distribution checklist.
  3. Parenti (2008), ricefish revision and original locality records.
  4. Fricke, Eschmeyer & Van der Laan (eds), Catalog of Fishes — accepted names and original descriptions.
  5. Kottelat (2013), The Fishes of the Inland Waters of Southeast Asia — regional catalogue and core bibliography.
  6. Roberts (1989), The Freshwater Fishes of Western Borneo (Kalimantan Barat, Indonesia).
  7. Britz & Kottelat (2008), Paedocypris carbunculus from Central Kalimantan.
  8. Tan (2009), Rasbora patrickyapi from Central Kalimantan.
  9. Allen & Cross (1980), rainbowfishes of northern New Guinea, including the Lake Sentani and Tami taxa.
  10. Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty (2015), Melanotaenia rubrivittata and the Papuan rainbowfish research context.
  11. Shi et al. (2021), diagnoses of Parosphromenus juelinae and P. kishii from Indonesia.
  12. Schindler & Linke (2012), original descriptions of Parosphromenus gunawani and P. phoenicurus.
  13. FishBase — species-level distribution, ecology, size and current Red List summaries.
  14. Wikimedia Commons — item-level documentary references and reuse licences retained on applicable cards.

Care before collection.

Explore identity, origin and care context on each species profile. Confirmed stock and ordering will follow when the programme is ready.

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