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Kandar (Puntius lanaoensis)

Discoverer: Herre, 1924
Distribution: Lake Lanao, Mindanao, the Philippines
Biology: Dorsal spines (total): 4-4; Dorsal softrays (total): 8-8; Anal spines: 3-3. Preserved color brownish yellow, dark above, paler below, belly yellowish; all fins pale; a faint dark bar may be present on shoulder. 9-10 scales between nape & dorsal. Lateral line strongly curved beneath the dorsal. Snout narrow & blunt, equals an eye diameter or exceeds it by half. Max. size: 9.4 cm SL; 11.8 cm (female)
Common Name: Kandar
Comments: Described from eight female specimens, 7.8 - 11.8, collected at the type locality, Dansalan, Lake Lanao, Mindanao (1921, 1922) (Ref. 2929). Still present in a 1982 survey (Ref. 12758). No specimen was caught during the 1994 expedition (Ref. 10888)

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