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Belontia hasselti (Sumatra combtail; Malay combtail; Java combtail)

Synonyms: Polyacanthus hasselti; Polyacanthus olivaceus
Language: Danish; Finnish; German; Malay; Mandarin Chinese

Wikipedia Abstract

Belontia hasselti, the Malay combtail, is a species of gourami native to southeast Asia where it is found in peat swamps of the Malay Peninsula and the Greater Sunda Islands. This species can reach a length of 20 centimetres (7.9 in) SL. It is a commercially important species and is also found in the aquarium trade.
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Attributes

Migration [1]  Potamodromous

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Danau Sentarum National Park 347674 Kalimantan, Indonesia  

Prey / Diet

Strongylus vulgaris (blood worm)[2]

Predators

Lutra sumatrana (Hairy-nosed Otter)[3]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Eutrianchoratus cleithrium[4]
Eutrianchoratus distensigenitalis[4]
Eutrianchoratus inequalis[4]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 3Kanchanasaka, B. and Duplaix, N. (2011). Food Habits of the Hairy-nosed otter (Lutra sumatrana) and the Small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinereus) in Pru Toa Daeng Peat Swamp Forest, Southern Thailand. Proceedings of Xth International Otter Colloquium, IUCN Otter Spec. Group Bull. 28A: 139 - 161
♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0