Fish in Sabah
The north of Borneo, with coral reefs, the Kinabatangan River and three seas: the South China Sea, the Sulu Sea and the Celebes Sea.
Based on open-licence records on GBIF. Few records can mean few surveys, not few fish.
28 fish
Sport · FoodBarramundi
Lates calcarifer
Sizeup to 200 cm
FreshwaterBrackishSaltwater6 states
FoodBlack pomfret
Parastromateus niger
Sizeup to 75 cm
Saltwater12 states
Sport · FoodBrown-marbled grouper
Epinephelus fuscoguttatus
Sizeup to 120 cm
Saltwater2 states
FoodClimbing perch
Anabas testudineus
Sizeup to 23 cm
Freshwater8 states
AquariumClown anemonefish
Amphiprion ocellaris
Sizeup to 11 cm
Saltwater4 states
Sport · FoodCobia
Rachycentron canadum
Sizeup to 200 cm
SaltwaterBrackish3 states
FoodFourfinger threadfin
Eleutheronema tetradactylum
BrackishSaltwater8 states
Food · AquariumGiant gourami
Osphronemus goramy
Sizeup to 80 cm
Freshwater8 states
SportGiant trevally
Caranx ignobilis
Sizeup to 180 cm
Saltwater3 states
AquariumGuppy
Poecilia reticulata
Sizeup to 5 cm
Freshwater6 states
Sport · FoodHampala barb
Hampala macrolepidota
Sizeup to 70 cm
Freshwater7 states
Sport · FoodHound needlefish
Tylosurus crocodilus
Sizeup to 150 cm
Saltwater1 state
FoodHumphead wrasse
Cheilinus undulatus
Sizeup to 229 cm
Saltwater1 state
FoodIndian mackerel
Rastrelliger kanagurta
Sizeup to 35 cm
Saltwater6 states
SportIndo-Pacific sailfish
Istiophorus platypterus
Sizeup to 350 cm
Saltwater1 state
Food · AquariumIridescent shark
Pangasianodon hypophthalmus
Sizeup to 130 cm
Freshwater1 state
Sport · FoodJohn's snapper
Lutjanus johnii
Sizeup to 97 cm
BrackishSaltwater6 states
FoodKawakawa
Euthynnus affinis
Sizeup to 100 cm
Saltwater3 states
Sport · FoodMalaysian mahseer
Tor tambroides
Sizeup to 100 cm
Freshwater6 states
Sport · FoodMangrove jack
Lutjanus argentimaculatus
Sizeup to 150 cm
FreshwaterBrackishSaltwater3 states
Sport · FoodNarrow-barred Spanish mackerel
Scomberomorus commerson
Sizeup to 240 cm
Saltwater5 states
FoodNile tilapia
Oreochromis niloticus
Sizeup to 63 cm
Freshwater6 states
FoodNorth African catfish
Clarias gariepinus
Sizeup to 70 cm
Freshwater5 states
FoodPangasius nasutus
Pangasius nasutus
Freshwater3 states
Sport · FoodStriped snakehead
Channa striata
Sizeup to 90 cm
Freshwater11 states
Sport · FoodTalang queenfish
Scomberoides commersonnianus
Sizeup to 120 cm
Saltwater9 states
AquariumThree-spot gourami
Trichopodus trichopterus
Sizeup to 15 cm
Freshwater7 states
FoodYellowstripe scad
Selaroides leptolepis
Sizeup to 22 cm
SaltwaterBrackish7 states