Scientific Name
Clupeichthys bleekeri
Common Name
Kapuas river sprat
Biology
Dorsal
spines
(total): 0;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 12-18;
Anal
spines: 0;
Anal
soft rays: 16 - 27. Body moderately elongate, belly keeled, with 9 or 10 + 7 or 8 scutes. Snout blunt, pre-maxillae small and bearing up to 4 teeth behind the outer series, prominent teeth at symphysis and along sides of lower jaw; second supra-maxilla spatulate, about half length of maxilla blade. Pectoral axillary scale more than half length of fin. Last two anal fin rays forming a separate finlet.