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  • Epalzeorhynchos kalopterum
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Scientific Name Epalzeorhynchos kalopterum    (Bleeker, 1850)
Common Names Flying Fox
Schoenflossige Ruesselbarbe (Germany)
Type Locality Bandjarmasin, Borneo, Indonesia.
Synonym(s) Barbus kalopterus, Epalzeorhynchos kallopterus, Epalzeorhynchos kalopterus
Etymology Epalzeorhynchos: Greek, epalzes, -es, -es = curative + Greek, rhyngchos = snout. 
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Size 160mm or 6.3" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution Asia: lower half of the Malayan/Thailand peninsula, Borneo, Java and Sumatra in Indonesia.
Thailand Waters, Southern Thailand Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Pacific, Malaysia Waters, Peninsular Malaysia Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Pacific, Greater Sunda Island Rivers, Borneo Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Pacific, Greater Sunda Island Rivers, Java Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Pacific, Greater Sunda Island Rivers, Sumatra Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category
Least Concern
, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2019.
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Compatibility Members in this genus can be fairly territorial, especially towards bottom dwellers that look similar.
Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 1 (no. 1), pp 13.
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Last Update 2025 Jan 01 12:55 (species record created: 2012 May 02 14:50)