Oryzias moramoensis Utama, Mokodongan & Yamahira, 2024
Moramo ricefish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Beloniformes (Needle fishes) > Adrianichthyidae (Ricefishes) > Oryziinae
Etymology: Oryzias: Greek, oryza = rice; because of the habitat used by this fish (Ref. 45335); moramoensis: Named after its type locality, the Moramo River in Moramo Subdistrict, Indonesia.
Etymology: Oryzias: Greek, oryza = rice; because of the habitat used by this fish (Ref. 45335); moramoensis: Named after its type locality, the Moramo River in Moramo Subdistrict, Indonesia.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic; depth range 1 - 2 m (Ref. 133091). Tropical
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Asia: Indonesia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 133091); 2.6 cm SL (female)
Max length : 2.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 133091); 2.6 cm SL (female)
Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7 - 9; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 19 - 21; Vertebrae: 29 - 30. This species, a member of the Oryzias woworae species group, is distinguished by the following: live males with a bluish sheen on the body; differs from other species of the Oryzias woworae species group by the following characters: transverse scales 8; head length 26.6%-27.7% of SL in males, 28.0%-28.9% SL in females; body depth at anal-fin origin 24.3%-28.2% SL in males, 23.5%-24.0% SL in females; rare or no pigmentation along the ventral and dorsal margins of caudal fin of males after preservation (Ref. 133091).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: oval.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: oval.
Occurs in headstream waters, including cascade waterfalls, to lower reaches, including small
streams approximately 1-2 m deep with low flow and sandy and gravel substrates (Ref. 133091).
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Main reference
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Utama, I.V., D.F. Mokodongan, S.A. Lawelle, K.W.A. Masengi and Y. Yamahira, 2024. A new ricefsh, Oryzias moramoensis (Adrianichthyidae), described from a mountain waterfall in southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. Ichthyol. Res. online: [1-9]. (First published online, pp. 1-9, 1 July 2024.) (Ref. 133091)
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
| Bayesian length-weight | a=0.00437 (0.00167 - 0.01142), b=3.11 (2.89 - 3.33), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
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Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.2 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |