| Family: |
Eleotridae (Bully sleepers) |
| Max. size: |
6.33 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
demersal; freshwater; pH range: 6.59999990463257 - 36751; depth range 0 - 1 m |
| Distribution: |
Asia: Wapoga drainage, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 9-9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12-13; Anal spines: 1-1; Anal soft rays: 12-13; Vertebrae: 32-33. Soft dorsal rays 12 (rarely 13); soft anal rays 12 (rarely 13); pectoral rays 14 (rarely 15); scales in lateral series 36 (rarely 35); transverse scales 11 (rarely 10 or 12); predorsal scales 14-17 (usually 16); vertebrae 15 (rarely 16) + 17 = 32 or 33; snout relatively short, rounded; live coloration consisting of blue grey upper back, yellow tan background on head and ventral third of body, and iridescent blue midlaterally with red spotting; three red stripes from lower rear edge of eye across opercle, with upper stripe extending to an iridescent blue spot on upper pectoral fin base; dorsal fins purplish with yellow margins; red spotting on base of dorsal, anal and caudal fins; iridescent blue margin on anal fin (Ref. 36751). |
| Biology: |
Found in small, swampy pond on the floodplain with clear, still and very shallow water and with bottom composed of soft mud covered with leaf litter (Ref. 36751). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 06 December 2019 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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