Sphaerichthys vaillanti – Vaillant's Chocolate Gourami ... | 水產百科網

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Order: Perciformes Family: Osphronemidae[1][2]

Type locality[3] is the village of Nangah Sebroeang which lies south of the Danau Sentarum National Park within the upper Kapuas river basin[4], West Kalimantan (Kalimantan Barat) province in the Indonesian part of Borneo. It appears to be endemic[5] to the Kapuas drainage where it’s also been recorded from the Danau Sentarum lake system itself as well as further downstream near the city of Sintang.

Thought to mostly inhabit peat[6] swamps and associated black water streams though may also found in some clear water habitats. The former are located in forested areas and contain water that is typically stained dark brown by humic acids and other chemicals released from decaying organic[7] material.

This results in a negligible dissolved mineral content ...