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The Malay combtail ( Belontia hasselti) 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.
Belontia hasselti ( Cuvier, 1831 ) Malay combtail. Upload your photos and videos. Pictures | Google image Belontia hasselti. Picture by Hippocampus-Bildarchiv. Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes ( genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa.
Native to southern Indochina, from southern (peninsular) Thailand, throughout Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, and the Greater Sunda Islands of Sumatra, Borneo, and Java. It is possibly absent from northern Borneo. Type locality is ‘Java, Indonesia’.
Freshwater Fishes of Jambu Bongkok Forest Reserve, Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia. In Jamilah, M.S. & Faridah, M. (Eds.), A Biological Assessment of Jambu Bongkok Forest Reserve, Terengganu and Nearby Ecosystem.
Best kept in a species tank, or with similar sized or larger robust but peaceful fish. This fish can be aggressive during breeding towards other fish and fish of it's own species, best to keep one male to a tank.
Estimates based on models. Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804 ): PD 50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01122 (0.00514 - 0.02450), b=3.04 (2.87 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245 ).
The Malay combtail (Belontia hasselti) 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.
