ADRIANICHTHYIDAE Oryzias javanicus, 2.3 cm SL (photo by Koichi Shibukawa) Oryzias javanicus, 2.8 cm SL (photo by Seishi Kimura) Oryzias javanicus, 2.9 cm SL (photo by Ukkrit Satapoomin) Oryzias javanicus (Bleeker, 1854) Javanese Ricefish D 6-7; A 20-25; P1 11; LR 28-29. Body moderately slender and compressed. Eyes large; mouth small, superior, non-protusible; lower jaw projecting beyond upper jaw. Base of anal fin much longer than dorsal-fin base. Caudal fin truncate. Color: semitransparent, tinged with light brown, rapidly turns to pale after death; head and body with numerous minute melanophores; margin of caudal fin yellow. Size: 3.5 cm. Distribution: Sundaland, Sulawesi and Lombok. Remarks: found in mangroves and coastal area near estuaries. Surface swimming, schooling fish, feeds on copepods, small insects, and mollusk and crustacean larvae. Oviparous; female carries the fertilized eggs around urogenital opening until depositing those on water plants.