Gastromyzon ingeri Tan, 2006

Wilkinson, Clare L. & Hui, Tan Heok, 2018, Fishes of the Brantian drainage, Sabah, Malaysia, with description of a new Rasbora species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 66, pp. 595-609 : 601

Gastromyzon ingeri Tan

Remarks. A common species of Gastromyzon found in riffles of forested streams and rivers. The live colouration of this species has not been documented previously (see Tan, 2006). Living fish having a brownish-yellow body colouration, turquoise sheen over body dorsum, with gold highlights on every dorsal and lateral body scale; eye with a thin gold iris; dorsal fin hyaline with 2–3 rows of black spots; pectoral and pelvic fins brownish-yellow; anal fin hyaline; base of caudal peduncle and fin is grey, caudal fin is light-blue with up to 5 rows of black spots ( Fig. 7 ).

Figures

Fig. 7. Gastromyzon ingeri, ca. 40 mm SL, not preserved; Kalabakan Forest Reserve (photographed by the second author in 2011).