Burdigala

Endemic to the island of Bangka just off the east coast of Sumatra, Bangka-Belitung province, Indonesia with type locality ‘4 kilometers north of Bikang village on road from Koba to Toboali, Bangka, Indonesia’.

The similar-looking fish from Indonesian Borneo previously known in the hobby as B. cf. burdigala ‘Kubu’, B. sp. ‘Sukadana’ and B. sp. ‘Pangkalanbun’ were officially described as B. uberis in 2006.

B. burdiagala has been listed on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species under the category ‘Vulnerable’ since 1996.