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| FISH COLLECTION RECORD : LABYRINTH FISHES |
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| Iban Betta (betta ibanorum) |
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| This species of betta fish is quite common in countryside from Kuching to Sibu. They are mostly found in blackwater stream or drain. The taxonomy paper on this species is published on the latest Sarawak Museum Journal (Bau special issue - year 2004). |
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| Betta cf anabatoides -found in blackwater stream near Lundu. The one i caught is 12cm long! It got characteristic of Betta waseri of having black lip & black marking on throat. Both anabatoides & waseri group of Betta are quite similar to each others. |
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| Mouthbrooding Betta (Betta lehi) - used to call Betta cf pugnax. |
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| Betta lehi is mostly found in the stream or small river of the most western part of Sarawak state. Their lower part of the head are green colored. |
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| Betta akarensis |
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It was collected in a blackwater stream in between Miri and Bintulu. |
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| The coverage area of this betta is from northern Sarawak to central of Sarawak. It also can be found in Brunei area. |
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| Croaking Gourami (trichopsis vittatus) |
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| It is a beautiful gourami and they were found abundantly in the lowland area near Samarahan River. They are community fish but they will fight for territorial occasionally if they are put inside to a small fish tank. When they are fighting, they will not fight until dead or seriously injured like Siamese betta. However, they will make a funny sound like the frog. I have no idea how they make it because only my cousin and his father saw that happened a few times in their small fish tank. |
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| Three-spot Gourami (trichogaster trichopterus) |
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| This is a common species of gourami, mostly living in still water of swamp and slow flowing stream in lowland area. |
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| Pike-Head (Luciocephalus pulcher) |
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This is a predatory fish found in blackwater stream. |
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| Chocolate gourami (sphaerichthys osphromenoides)- blackwater fish & sensitive to infections! |
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