“…Anthropogenic activities pose many direct and indirect threats to the environment in and around Poso Lake (Nursangaji et al, 2014;Mamondol, 2018), Despite their small size, several ricefishes are exploited as food fish (Gundo, 2010;Parenti & Soeroto, 2004), while the remainder may well be caught as bycatch in targeted (ricefish) and other fisheries. Sulawesi ricefishes are also being proposed as potential model organisms for research in fields as diverse as the study of evolution, behavioural, biological and medical research (Mokodongan & Yamahira, 2015;Mokodongan et al, 2018;Sari, Andriani, & Yaqin, 2018;Hilgers & Schwarzer, 2019;Sutra et al, 2019).…”