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This species is pretty resilient, even found near the capital city.

I’m now posting both on Reddit and on my hermit IG (to compile them)

9:45pm, about 29°C (84°F). Viola

I’m also compiling my crab images/videos.

Mud crabs (Scylla), called ketam nipah in Malay, are a commonly caught food in SEA.

There are 4 species native to Malaysia, with the most common being the orange mud crab, Scylla olivacea.

It is also the smallest, with 8-9 cm widths being considered adult already

N. selangoricus

It got its name due to first being discovered in Selangor, Malaya.

Size 6-8 cm, it is a bottom-dwelling fish that looks for invertebrates on the river bed. Only tolerates clean water with good oxygen levels.

Native to the Malay Peninsula, Borneo and Sumatra and is found in fast-flowing streams that have acidic pH and a sand or gravel substrate.

Beady eyes and super long antennas too!

8:30am. About 27°C (81° F)

Probably about M or L size.

5pm, 31°C (88°F)

This pond is annual, appearing only during the wet season and drying up at the dry season.

It hosts many temporary aquatic life like tadpoles, water bugs, fairy shrimp and even some aquatic plants from what I’ve seen.

Helostoma temminckii, tembakang / kissing gourami

So called because of their behaviour of “kissing” one another with the lips, which is actually a way to fight rivals and size each other up.

They feed on plankton by filtering them from the water (like whales), but also feed on plant matter. Grows to 30 cm and is a food fish locally.

They are naturally green but a pink form has been bred for the aquarium. Can be aggressive towards similar fish.

Despite their name, they are not a true gourami (Osphronemidae) but a close relative belonging to a different family, Helostomatidae, where they are the only member.

Helostoma temminckii, ikan tembakang

So called because of their behaviour of “kissing” one another with the lips, which is actually a way to fight rivals and size each other up.

They feed on plankton by filtering them from the water (like whales), but also feed on plant matter. Grows to 30 cm and is a food fish locally.

They are naturally green but a pink form has been bred for the aquarium. Can be aggressive towards similar fish.

Despite their name, they are not a true gourami (Osphronemidae) but a close relative belonging to a different family, Helostomatidae, where they are the only member.

Helostoma temminckii, ikan tembakang

So called because of their behaviour of “kissing” one another with the lips, which is actually a way to fight rivals and size each other up.

They feed on plankton by filtering them from the water (like whales), but also feed on plant matter. Grows to 30 cm and is a food fish locally.

They are naturally green but a pink form has been bred for the aquarium. Can be aggressive towards similar fish.

Despite their name, they are not a true gourami (Osphronemidae) but a close relative belonging to a different family, Helostomatidae, where they are the only member.

Helostoma temminckii, ikan tembakang

So called because of their behaviour of “kissing” one another with the lips, which is actually a way to fight rivals and size each other up.

They feed on plankton by filtering them from the water (like whales), but also feed on plant matter. Grows to 30 cm and is a food fish locally.

They are naturally green but a pink form has been bred for the aquarium. Can be aggressive towards similar fish.

Despite their name, they are not a true gourami (Osphronemidae) but a close relative belonging to a different family, Helostomatidae, where they are the only member.

They are a native species, and the biggest land hermit in the world.

They were going for about RM150/kg ($17/lbs)

Nemacheilus

Nemacheilus

Nemacheilus

Nemacheilus

Nemacheilus

D. microlepis, the Indo tiger perch.

A large predatory fish (to 50 cm). Unlike the other tiger perch of Malaysia, it is strictly freshwater and lives in deep lakes and rivers.

It is native to the southwest Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and west Borneo. Locally it is known from Perak, Selangor and Johor.

It usually has 3-4 bars (unlike its Siamese cousin with 5), and is a prized aquarium fish. Even babies here sell for RM100-200, and much higher overseas.

There were probably 100 wild land hermits in this part of the forest