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Oryzias bonneorum

Parenti, 2008

Full synonymy (1)
  • Xenopoecilus bonneorum (Parenti 2008) · earlier combination

Source: Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (Fricke, Eschmeyer & Van der Laan, eds.), California Academy of Sciences.

2 cited sourcesName checked against Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes, update of

IUCNNOT EVALUATED
NEnot on the EX–LC scale
CARESNOT LISTED
Type localityLake Lindu, Sulawesi Tengah, Indonesiaper Catalog of Fishes
Depth—not recorded
DietNot documented for this species; ricefishes in general take small invertebrates and algae at or near the surface
BreedingNot documented for this species
Sexual dimorphismNot documentedNot documented for this species
PhotographsSee photosGoogle Images →

Oryzias bonneorum is a ricefish from Lake Lindu in Central Sulawesi, described by Parenti in 2008, the same year as her revision of the ricefishes. It shares the lake with Oryzias sarasinorum, and females carry their eggs in a cluster on the pelvic fins.

Taxonomy & naming

Parenti described the species in 2008 from Lake Lindu, in her revision of ricefishes. The plural ending of the name indicates that it honours more than one person.

Morphology

A small ricefish; its maximum size is not recorded here.

Habitat

Lake Lindu in the Lore Lindu region of Central Sulawesi; not known elsewhere. FishBase describes it as a freshwater, benthopelagic fish.

Feeding

Diet is not documented in detail.

Mating

Courtship has not been described.

Breeding

FishBase calls it a pelvic-brooder: the female carries a cluster of eggs until they hatch. Clutch size and incubation time have not been published.

In the aquarium

Not known in culture.

Conservation

The atlas has no IUCN assessment on record for this species and assigns no category.

Common questions

Oryzias bonneorum: where does it come from?
It is recorded from Indonesia.

Related species compared · Oryzias

SpeciesAdult sizeTemperaturepHHardnessIUCN
Oryzias bonneorumthis species————NE
Oryzias sarasinorum3 in TL75–84 °FpH 7.5–8.5—CR
Oryzias kalimpaaensis2 in SL———NE
Oryzias polylepis2 in SL———NE
Soeroto's ricefishOryzias soerotoi1 in SL———CR
Oryzias andrewi————NE
Oryzias asinua1 in SL———EN
Oryzias cabaranensis1.5 in SL———NE
Indian ricefishOryzias carnaticus1 in SL———LC
Celebes medakaOryzias celebensis2 in TL72–86 °FpH 8–9—LC
Oryzias chenglongensis1 in SL———NE
Hainan medakaOryzias curvinotus1.5 in TL———DD

Recorded ranges from each species’ own page; hardness is the tolerance its sources give, not a measurement of the water it lives in. See all 40 Oryzias species →

Also from Lake Lindu

Sources

  1. FishBase — Oryzias bonneorum Parenti, 2008
  2. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (California Academy of Sciences) — Oryzias bonneorum
  3. Parenti, L.R. (2008) A phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic revision of ricefishes, Oryzias and relatives (Beloniformes, Adrianichthyidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 154: 494-610

Naming authority: Oryzias bonneorum in Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes ↗

Last reviewed 2026-10-05.

How to cite

Aquarist Atlas (2026). Oryzias bonneorum. Aquarist Atlas.https://www.aquaristatlas.com/ricefish/oryzias-bonneorum/

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Where it has been recorded

1 georeferenced record (GBIF). Each point is a field observation or museum specimen — pan and zoom to explore where this species turns up. The coordinates come straight from GBIF and are often rounded or tied to the nearest town or river landing, so a dot can sit just beside the actual water rather than in it.

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