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Telmatherinidae (Sailfin silversides)
Etymology: Telmatherina: Greek, telma, -atos = swamp + Greek, atherina, the Greek name for the eperlane; 1770 (Ref. 45335); albolabiosa: The specific name 'albolabiosus' is a Latin word means white thick lips.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
Asia: Lake Matano, south Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.7 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 86891); 6.7 cm SL (female)
Short description
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Dorsal spines (total): 5 - 6; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 9; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 11 - 12. Distinguished from all other congeners by its terminal mouth with milky-white thick lips which can be protruded. Additional characters useful in the identification include elongated head (35.3-39.1 %SL), elongated snout (11.1-13.0 %SL) and small interorbital width (7.0-8.7 %SL) (Ref. 86891).
Occurs in rocky habitat in small groups consisting of two to three fish (Ref. 86891).
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Tantu, F.Y. and J. Nilawati, 2008. Telmatherina albolabiosus, a new species of sailfin silversides (Acantherinigformes: Telmatherinidae) from Lake Matano, South Sulawesi. J. Biodiversity 1(1):20-26. (Ref. 86891)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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