Originally from Kalimantan. Habitat in rivers and districts often floods. In areas of low land not more than 30 m above sea level. Distribution of Sumatra, Java and Kalimantan. Is a freshwater fish that are predators and nocturnal (active at night). Usually hide during the day in between the plants. Form of food fish fry and shrimp. Not seldom larger prey. Belida male fish nest duty he made from twigs and leaves, as well as take care of the eggs and their children. Belida fish can breathe the air of the atmosphere.
Belida fish, lopis, or flat is a type of river fish that belong to the tribe Notopteridae (sway fish knife). This type can be found on Sumatra, Borneo, Java, and the Malay Peninsula, though this is elusive because of declining water quality and widely arrest. This fish is the main ingredient for producing special crackers from Palembang, known as kemplang. First fish lopis also used for manufacturing crackers but now replaced with mackerel. Also makes it unique physical preserved in the aquarium as ornamental fish.
Because many people like her, the fish eventually reduced amount. Even manufacturing crackers now replaced with mackerel. If not immediately stopped, this type of fish live only in name. This fish is a special symbol for South Sumatra since before many found on the Musi River. Due to the high economic potential and that almost destroyed the original habitat, restoration efforts should be made immediately. Until 2005, the authorities take care of this species in South Kalimantan have been trying to educate the local community about the need to preserve the continuity of this fish.
Belida fish are fish that belong to the ancient fish because her body shape is not the same as other fish. When the fish generally have a tail fin on the back of his body, then Fish belida only have tail waving with the movement of the body underneath. Head slightly slouchy shape also makes this unique fish. This fish beauty lies in the eyes that seemed empty because tend reflective eyes and saw the reflection of light from the light source in the vicinity.
On the side there is a white circle as black balls each surrounded a white circle. With increasing age, the body decoration belida fish will go away by itself and be replaced by blackish lines. Also makes it unique performance kept as ornamental fish aquarium. Belida fins of females have relatively short and do not cover the urogenital, genital rounded. During estrus, enlarged abdomen and genital redness. Males have longer pelvic fins and close the urogenital, genital tubular, smaller size than females.
A female fish on average produce 288 eggs, although able to produce almost twice the amount. The temperature was hovering at 30 ~ 100%. Incubation temperature of 72.2% and the hatching larvae was 64.2%. Larvae hatch around 72 ~ 120 hours (3 ~ 5 days) on water temperature 29 ~ 30 ยบ C. Belida more active at night. These fish prefer the dark in the river, usually live in holes or the bottom of the plant.
Overall Musi River has nine tributaries until Batanghari well known as Sembilan. Batanghari own means river. Ninth name is also a tributary of the tribal name for the people who live around the river, until the natives living around the river Belida also referred to as Quarter Belida, language and language are they called Belida. Where they live around the edge of the River Musi to Prabumulih City. In the river there's a lot of fish as fish belida latter.