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Online Publication Date: 20 May 2010

A New, Remarkably Colorful, Small Ricefish of the Genus Oryzias (Beloniformes, Adrianichthyidae) from Sulawesi, Indonesia

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Page Range: 268 – 273
DOI: 10.1643/CI-09-108
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Abstract

Oryzias woworae, a new species of ricefish, is described from a freshwater habitat on Muna Island off the southeastern coast of the main island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. The new species is distinguished from all other known ricefishes by a remarkable color pattern of both sexes in life: the ventral surface of head and body anterior to the pelvic fins, dorsal portion of pectoral fins, dorsal-fin base, posterior portion of anal-fin base, caudal peduncle, and dorsal and ventral portions of caudal fin are brilliant red; the midlateral scales from just posterior to the eye to the caudal-fin base and the body scales anterior to the anal fin and ventral to midlateral scales are steel blue; the blue coloration is most prominent in adult males. Oryzias woworae, the smallest known ricefish from Sulawesi, is hypothesized to be a member of an unnamed clade of ricefishes diagnosed by a truncate, rather than lunate or emarginate, caudal fin. Description of O. woworae brings the recognized number of species in the beloniform family Adrianichthyidae to 29, 13 of which are endemic to Sulawesi. Ricefishes, in particular the new species, may serve as icons to generate interest in conservation of the endemic freshwater biota of Sulawesi.

Oryzias woworae, jenis baru ikan padi dideskripsi dari perairan Pulau Muna, perairan pantai Sulawesi Tenggara, Indonesia. Ikan jenis baru ini dapat dengan mudah dibedakan dari jenis yang telah dikenal sebelumnya, dari pola warnanya yang sangat menyolok. Ikan jantan maupun betina berwarna merah cerah dari kepala bagian bawah, tubuh depan bagian bawah sampai sirip perut, sirip dada bagian atas, pangkal sirip punggung, pangkal sirip anal bagian belakang, batang ekor, pangkal sirip ekor bagian atas dan bawah; warna biru terang dijumpai pada sisik tepat dibelakang mata, sisik pada pertengahan bagian tubuh sampai pangkal sirip ekor dan sisik didepan sirip anal dan sirip perut sampai sisik tengah tubuhnya; warna biru ini sangat jelas terlihat pada jantan dewasa. Oryzias woworae, jenis ikan padi terkecil dari Sulawesi diperkirakan merupakan anggota dari grup yang belum bernama, bercirikan sirip ekor yang bentuknya lebih cenderung bersegi dari pada bulan sabit ataupun agak cekung. Deskripsi Oryzias woworae menyebabkan jumlah species dari ordo Beloniformes, famili Adrianichthyidae menjadi 29, 13 diantaranya jenis endemik Sulawesi. Ikan padi, terutama jenis baru ini memberikan makna pentingnya konservasi dari biota endemik perairan tawar Sulawesi.

Copyright: 2010 by the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
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Live adult male Oryzias woworae photographed in the field just after collection. Original photograph has been reversed.


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Fig. 2

Live adult female Oryzias woworae, center, with two adult males, photographed in the field just after collection. Original photograph has been reversed.


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Oryzias woworae, new species, MZB 15398, preserved holotype, male, 25.0 mm SL.


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Outline map of Sulawesi with southeastern region (in small box) expanded in larger box. Star indicates type locality of Oryzias woworae, new species.


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Type locality of Oryzias woworae, new species, Mata air Fotuno (Fotuno oe), a freshwater stream running through the Wakumoro Village, Parigi District, Muna Island.


Contributor Notes

Associate Editor: D. Buth.

National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, NHB MRC 159, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012, E-mail: parentil@si.edu. Send reprint requests to this address.
Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Division of Zoology, Research Center for Biology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Jalan Raya Bogor Km 46, Cibinong 16911 Indonesia, E-mail: renny_hadiaty@yahoo.com.
Received: 12 Jun 2009
Accepted: 11 Nov 2009
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