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Fish of Sundaland & Maritime Southeast Asia

The blackwater rivers and peat swamps of Borneo, Sumatra, Java and the Malay Peninsula.

932 species across 16 families

The Sunda Shelf islands and the Malay Peninsula — Malaysia, Indonesia (west of Wallace's Line), Singapore, Brunei and the Philippines — with their tea-dark peat-swamp forests. The heartland of the licorice gouramis, wild bettas, rasboras and Borneo hillstream loaches.

932 of 932 species

Arowanas & Oddballs · 6

Barbs · 123

Catfish · 85

Danios & Rasboras · 94

Eels · 24

Gobies & Gudgeons · 115

Killifish · 1

Loaches · 161

Pufferfish · 13

Rainbowfish · 104

Oddballs & Brackish · 26

A fish appears here when its recorded range includes Sundaland & Maritime Southeast Asia; wide-ranging species also appear under other regions. Prefer to browse by the water itself? Explore the waters →

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