''Telmatherina albolabiosa'' is a species of

fish A fish (: fish or fishes) is an aquatic animal, aquatic, Anamniotes, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fish fin, fins and craniate, a hard skull, but lacking limb (anatomy), limbs with digit (anatomy), digits. Fish can ...

in the

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Telmatherininae The Telmatherinidae, the sail-fin silversides are a family of atheriniform fish, inhabiting fresh and brackish water. All but the species '' Kalyptatherina helodes'' are restricted to the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, and most are found solely ...

part of the

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Melanotaeniidae, the

rainbowfish Rainbowfishes are small, colourful freshwater fishes belonging to the Family (biology), family Melanotaeniidae, found in northern and eastern Australia, New Guinea (including islands in Cenderawasih Bay and Raja Ampat Islands in Indonesia), Sula ...

es. It is

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Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...

where it occurs only in

Lake Matano Lake Matano (), also known as Matana, is a tropical lake in East Luwu Regency, South Sulawesi province, Indonesia, that is noteworthy for the unique environment in its deeper layers. With a depth of , it is the deepest lake in Indonesia (ran ...

on the island of

Sulawesi Sulawesi ( ), also known as Celebes ( ), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the List of islands by area, world's 11th-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Min ...

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albolabiosa Taxa named by Fadly Y. Tantu Taxa named by Jusri Nilawati Fish described in 2008 {{Atheriniformes-stub