''Sundasalanx'', the Sundaland noodlefishes, is the only genus in the family Sundasalangidae, which belongs to the same order as the
herrings and their relatives. This family of extremely small fishes is restricted to freshwater environments of
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical south-eastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of mainlan ...
with
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
being home to the majority of species. The seven currently recognized species in this genus are:
* ''
Sundasalanx malleti''
Siebert & Crimmen, 1997
* ''
Sundasalanx megalops''
Siebert & Crimmen, 1997
* ''
Sundasalanx mekongensis''
Britz
Britz () is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') within the Berlin borough (''Bezirk'') of Neukölln.
History
The village of ''Britzig'' was first mentioned in 1273. It was incorporated by the 1920 Greater Berlin Act. It is known for being the site ...
& Kottelat
Maurice Kottelat (born 16 July 1957 in Delémont, Switzerland[C ...](_blank)
, 1999
* ''
Sundasalanx mesops''
Siebert & Crimmen, 1997
* ''
Sundasalanx microps''
T. R. Roberts, 1981
* ''
Sundasalanx platyrhynchus''
Siebert & Crimmen, 1997
* ''
Sundasalanx praecox''
T. R. Roberts, 1981 (dwarf noodlefish)
The
FishBase classifies ''Sundasalanx'' as a
pedomorphic genus within the family
Clupeidae
Clupeidae is a family of ray-finned fishes, comprising, for instance, the herrings, shads, sardines, hilsa, and menhadens. The clupeoids include many of the most important food fishes in the world, and are also commonly caught for productio ...
rather than as an independent family,
while this is not consistent.
References
Fish of Asia
Taxa named by Tyson R. Roberts
Freshwater fish genera
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