Marmorated medaka

Length

Up to 4.1 cm

Body shape

Elongated

Group

Missing

Smallest aquarium

4 liters

Diet

Missing

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Temperament

Peaceful

Swims

Missing

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Temperature

Tolerates22–25 °C

pH

Tolerates7.5–8.5

Non-annual breeder. Is very difficult to maintain in aquarium. In 2013 and 2018, the collected and observed specimens were only during the day and at TanjungTimbala, slightly south of the type locality, and at Lengkona in Lake Towuti. This species is collected with O. loxolepis and O. profundicola that form schools in gently sloping, shallow (Paratherina spp., Glossogobius flavipinnis, G. intermedius, Glossogobius sp., Mugilogobius rexi, M. latifrons, and Nomorhamphus megarrhamphus. In Lake Lantoa, it inhabits gently sloping, shallow shores (1 m depth) with a large area of plants on a muddy substratum. It swims in schools and was collected in association with Telmatherina celebensis and Glossogobius sp. (an undescribed lake endemic: HK, pers. obsv.). Some individuals were infested with parasitic copepods. In Lake Mahalona, it also inhabits gently sloping, shallow shores (1 m depth) with large boulders over a sand and gravel substratum, covered with aquatic vegetation. Often, it also forms schools and co-occurring with Tominanga aurea, Glossogobius sp. (as for Lake Towuti), Glossogobius mahalonensis, G. intermedius, M. rexi, and Mugilogobius cf. hitam.