''Desmopuntius endecanalis'' is a species of
cyprinid
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fish
endemic
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to the
Kapuas River
The Kapuas River ( Old Indonesian spelling: Kapoeas River) is a river in the Indonesian part of Borneo island, at the geographic center of Maritime Southeast Asia. At in length, it is the longest river on the island of Borneo, the longest ri ...
basin in western
Borneo
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. This species can reach a
standard length
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Overall length
Standard length (SL) is ...
of . Although placed in the genus ''
Systomus'' by
FishBase
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Desmopuntius
''Desmopuntius'' is a genus of small freshwater cyprinids native to Southeast Asia. They were formerly included in '' Puntius''.
Etymology
The name ''Desmopuntius'' is derived from the Greek language δεσμψτης ("desmotes") meaning 'pris ...
'' by
Catalog of Fishes
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, following a
taxonomic review by
Maurice Kottelat
Maurice Kottelat (born 16 July 1957 in Delémont, Switzerland[C ...](_blank)
in 2013.
References
endecanalis
Freshwater fish of Indonesia
Fish described in 1989
Taxa named by Tyson R. Roberts
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