Belontia

Wabenschwanzmakropode ( Belontia hasselti )

Belontia is a two types of species of the labyrinth fish ( Anabantoidei ). The Wabenschwanzmakropode ( Belontia hasselti ) lives in Southeast Asia, the Ceylonmakropode ( Belontia signata ) in Sri Lanka. The genus name is derived from " Belontja ", the native name of the Wabenschwanzmakropoden in Palembang.

Features

Belontia species have a moderately elongated, laterally flattened body and are 15 to 20 cm long. Females are slightly smaller in both species and have a gedrungenere body shape. Of the unpaired fins, the dorsal fin is supported by 16 to 20 hard and 9 to 13 soft rays. In the anal fin there are 13 to 17 hard and 10 to 13 soft rays in the ventral fins a hard and five soft rays. Thoracic and caudal fins are without hard jets, 11 to 13 fin rays are at the pectoral fins, 16 to 18 are counted in the caudal fin. Dorsal and anal fin are approximately equal in length and opposite to each other almost symmetrical. Both fins are pointed pulled out longer in the males than in the females. The caudal fin is rounded. The number of Branchiostegalstrahlen is six.

• Dandruff formula: MLR 29-32.

Dissemination

The Wabenschwanzmakropode comes in Southeast Asia, on the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo and Java near Jakarta before, the Ceylonmakropode on Sri Lanka in the provinces of North, West and Sabaragamuwa.

Reproduction

Belontia species are revier making the spawning period, parents form a family and lay their eggs in a foam nest.