Editing Sulawesi (section)

===Freshwater fish===
[[File:Nomorhamphus liemi liemi (Wroclaw zoo)-2.JPG|thumb|15 species of [[viviparous halfbeak]]s are endemic to Sulawesi, including 12 ''[[Nomorhamphus]]'' (depicted), ''[[Dermogenys orientalis]]'', ''[[Dermogenys vogti|D. vogti]]'', and ''[[Tondanichthys kottelati]]''.<ref name=SysNomorhamphus/><ref name=FishBaseNomorhamphus/><ref>{{FishBase|Tondanichthys|kottelati|year=2014}}</ref>]]

Sulawesi is home to more than 70 [[freshwater fish]] species,<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Nguyen | first1 = T.T.T. | last2 = De Silva | first2 = S. S. | s2cid = 26861313 | year = 2006 | title = Freshwater finfish biodiversity and conservation: an asian perspective. | journal = Biodiversity & Conservation | volume = 15 | issue = 11| pages = 3543–3568 | doi = 10.1007/s10531-005-0312-8 | bibcode = 2006BiCon..15.3543N }}</ref> including more than 55 endemics.<ref name=Parenti2011>Parenti, L.R. (2011). [https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/18561 Endemism and Conservation of the Native Freshwater Fish Fauna of Sulawesi, Indonesia]. Prosiding Seminar Nasional Ikan IV: 1–10.</ref> Among these are the genus ''[[Nomorhamphus]]'', a [[species flock]] of [[viviparous halfbeak]]s containing 12 species that only are found on Sulawesi (others are from the Philippines).<ref name=SysNomorhamphus>''[http://www.nmnh.si.edu/rtp/students/1993/students_1993_louie.htm The Systematic Review of the Fish Genus Nomorhamphus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060921143154/http://www.nmnh.si.edu/rtp/students/1993/students_1993_louie.htm |date=21 September 2006 }}'' – Louie, Kristina, research paper, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, 1993</ref><ref name=FishBaseNomorhamphus>{{FishBase genus | genus = Nomorhamphus| month = July | year = 2014}}</ref> In addition to ''Nomorhamphus'', the majority of Sulawesi's freshwater fish species are [[ricefish]]es, gobies (''[[Glossogobius]]'' and ''[[Mugilogobius]]'') and [[Telmatherinidae|Telmatherinid]] sail-fin silversides.<ref name=Parenti2011/> The last family is almost entirely restricted to Sulawesi, especially the Malili Lake system, consisting of [[Lake Matano|Matano]] and [[Lake Towuti|Towuti]], and the small [[Lake Lontoa|Lontoa]] (Wawantoa), [[Lake Mahalona|Mahalona]] and [[Lake Masapi|Masapi]].<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Gray | first1 = S.M. | last2 = McKinnon | first2 = J.S. | s2cid = 8672171 | year = 2006 | title = A comparative description of mating behavior in the endemic telmatherinid fishes of Sulawesi's Malili Lakes | journal = Environmental Biology of Fishes | volume = 75 | issue = 4| pages = 471–482 | doi = 10.1007/s10641-006-0037-x | bibcode = 2006EnvBF..75..471G }}</ref> Another unusual endemic is ''[[Lagusia micracanthus]]'' from rivers in [[South Sulawesi]], which is the sole member of its genus and among the smallest [[Terapontidae|grunters]].<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Vari | first1 = P.R. | last2 = Hadiaty | first2 = K.R. | year = 2012 | title = The Endemic Sulawesi Fish Genus Lagusia (Teleostrei:: Terapontidae) | url = http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/60/60rbz157-162.pdf | journal = The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology | volume = 60 | issue = 1 | pages = 157–162 | access-date = 4 July 2014 | archive-date = 15 July 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140715002033/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/60/60rbz157-162.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref> The [[Eleotridae|gudgeon]] ''[[Bostrychus microphthalmus]]'' from the [[Maros Regency|Maros]] Karst is the only described species of [[Cavefish|cave-adapted fish]] from Sulawesi,<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Hoese | first1 = D.F. | last2 = Kottelat | first2 = M. | year = 2005 | title = Bostrychus microphthalmus, a new microphthalmic cavefish from Sulawesi (Teleostei: Gobiidae) | journal = Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters | volume = 16 | issue = 2| pages = 183–191 }}</ref> but an apparently [[undescribed species]] from the same region and genus also exists.<ref>Saturi, O.S. (31 May 2012). ''[http://www.mongabay.co.id/2012/05/31/ikan-kepiting-dan-udang-buta-penghuni-karst-maros/ Ikan, Kepiting dan Udang Buta Penghuni Karst Maros].'' Mongabay-Indonesia. Retrieved 23 November 2012.</ref>