Homalopteroides tweediei ( Herre, 1940 )

Ikhwanuddin, Mat Esa Mohd, Amal, Mohammad Noor Azmai, Aziz, Azizul, Sepet, Johari, Talib, Abdullah, Ismail, Muhammad Faiz & Hashim, Nor Rasidah, 2017, Inventory of fishes in the upper Pelus River (Perak river basin, Perak, Malaysia), Check List 13 (4), pp. 315-325 : 317

Homalopteroides tweediei ( Herre, 1940)

Homaloptera tweediei Herre 1940: 7 .

Material examined. Table 1; Figure 3b.

This species possesses 33–37 lateral line scales; 4 simple and 10 branched pectoral-fin rays; 4 or 5 scale rows between the lateral line and dorsal-fin origin; faint dorsal and lateral blotches with a dark stripe along the lateral line, while dorsal and lateral blotches faint with a slightly darker mid-lateral stripe; pectoral fins extend- ing past-pelvic-fin base. Diagnosis characters ( Alfred 1969): 32–36 + 2 lateral line scales, 3–5 unbranched and 7–11 branched pectoral-fin rays (vs 37–39 + 2 lateral line scales, and 5 or 6 unbranched and 10–12 branched pec- toral-fin rays in H. smithi ). This species can be found in moderate currents with living and dead vegetation. They

feed on small aquatic insects and zooplankton ( Rainboth 1996).