Fangfangia spinocleithralis

Fangfangia spinicleithralis is a midget freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, which is endemic in peaty swamps in the Indonesian province of Kalimantan Tengah in Borneo. The genus name was Fangfangia Fangfang awarded in honor of the Chinese ichthyologist who died in 2010 Kullander, the Art spinicleithralis epithet refers to the front and rear tapered Cleithrum of Art

Features

Fangfangia spinicleithralis is an elongated, round to slightly oval in cross-section carp fish. The type specimens of the species had lengths from 13.7 to 20.8 mm. The body height is one-fifth to one-seventh of the standard length. The mouth is terminal, barbels are lacking. Of all the other carp fishing is Fangfangia spinicleithralis differs by the front end of the left Cleithrums ( a deck of paired bones in the shoulder girdle ), which expires in a strong, forward-facing tip, and the tip of the rear end of Cleithrums. Other features include, lack of scales, with the exception of six or seven voided scales on the sidelines, the mehrspitzigen pharyngeal teeth, the sawn in the lower section leading edge of the first dorsal fin ray which greatly enlarged median fins carrier of the anal fin and the high number of Besides fin rays on the caudal fin (14-18 dorsal, 11-15 ventral ).

The little fish are transparent light yellow and show no pattern.

System

Fangfangia heard within the carp to the subfamily of danios and is probably closely related to the genus Sundadanio with which it shares many features.