Oryzias javanicus, the Javan ricefish or Javanese ricefish, is a small species of fish in the family Adrianichthyidae. It lives in Peninsular Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi, Bali and Lombok), where it can be seen in both brackish and fresh water in ponds, ditches, mangrove, swamps, streams and canals.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Javanese Ricefish being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Oryzias curvinotus
- Oryzias latipes
- Oryzias dancena
- Oryzias sinensis
- Pseudomugil signifer
- Gobiopterus semivestitus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Beloniformes
- Family
- Adrianichthyidae
- Genus
- Oryzias
- Species
- Oryzias javanicus
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