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Common names: Empatung, Ikan tempeh, Patung
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Importance: minor commercial | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in Sumatra, Borneo (Ref. 27732) and Java (Ref. 36654). Found in the Kapuas Lakes area in Kalimantan Barat, Borneo (Ref. 56749). Recorded from Danau Sentarum National Park in the Kapuas basin, Kalimantan Barat, Borneo (Ref. 56749). Museum: Western Borneo, Kapuas, CAS 49452, MZB 3801 - 3809, USNM 230325. Also Ref: 2091, 27732, 41236.
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Main Ref: Kottelat, M., A.J. Whitten, S.N. Kartikasari and S. Wirjoatmodjo, 1993
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Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Pristolepididae ()
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Common names from other countries

Catopra, Malaysisk bladfisk, Streifen-Nanderbarsch, ... more

Main reference

Kottelat, M., A.J. Whitten, S.N. Kartikasari and S. Wirjoatmodjo. 1993. (Ref. 7050)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 20.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 41236)

Length at first maturity
L_m ?, range 7 - 8 cm

Environment

Freshwater; demersal; pH range: 7.0 - ? ; dH range: 10 - ?; potamodromous (Ref. 51243)

Climate / Range

Tropical; 23°C - 28°C (Ref. 2059), preferred ?

Distribution

Asia: Mekong and Chao Phraya basins, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo (Ref. 27732). Reported from the Maeklong River (Ref. 37766).
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Short description

Compressed body; a small and only slightly protractile mouth; an interrupted lateral line; brown color with about 6-8 blackish vertical bars.

Found in slow or standing waters, among bushes of shore vegetation (Ref. 27732). Occurs in medium to large-sized rivers and flooded fields (Ref. 12975), lakes, ponds and swamps (Ref. 41236). Feeds on filamentous algae, submerged land plants, fruits and seeds with some aquatic insects and crustaceans (Ref. 12693). Undertakes lateral migrations from the Mekong River to the floodplains during the flood season and back again at the onset of the dry season (Ref. 37770).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Least Concern (LC)

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial; aquarium: commercial

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5625 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.2 ±0.3 se; Based on diet studies.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.44)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Low vulnerability (10 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Unknown

Pristolepis fasciata (Bleeker, 1851)