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Clupeidae (Herrings, shads, sardines, menhadens) > Ehiravinae
Etymology: Sundasalanx: Composed from Sunda, Asiatic island + latinization of Philippines, salamga, French salangana = the name of a kind of swallow (Ref. 45335). More on author: Roberts.
Environment / Climate / Range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical, preferred ?
Asia: Borneo in Indonesia (Ref. 7050) and Malaysia (Ref. 57780). Occurrence in the Mekong basin needs confirmation (Ref. 27732, 37773).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.3 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7050)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 12-14;
Anal
soft rays: 17 - 21;
Vertebrae: 41 - 43. Horizontal diameter of eye less than 4% SL; ceratobranchial 5 with 0-3 small conical teeth; total rakers on first arch 0-2 (Ref. 34809).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Kottelat, M., 2013. The fishes of the inland waters of Southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibliography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 2013 (Suppl. 27):1-663. (Ref. 94476)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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