FRESHWATER FAUNA OF SARAWAK (Additional page)

 

 

Puntius banksi - very common in Sarawak.

 

 

Puntius kuchingensis (looks very similar to Puntius lateristriga) - found in Batang Kayan, Lundu.

 

 

Hampala macrolepidota - a predatory fish.

 

 

Osteochilus  sp. - this species only eat algae.

 

 

Acanthopsoides robertsi

 

 

freshwater crab - Batang Kayan, Lundu.

 

 

 

New species of freshwater crab from Padawan.

 

 

 

Long pincers shrimp -  found near Pasir Putih.

 

 

"pugu" rainbow shrimp.

 

 

Channa lucius - very common in the jungle streams of Borneo.

 

 

Pangio incognito - very common in Batang Kayan.

 

 

Pangio semicincta

 

 

Pangio shelfordii

 

 

Rasbora rutteni ?? The larger fish near the bottom is Rasbora caudimaculata.

 

 

Borneo sucker ( Gastromyzon farragus )

 

 

Betta taeniata (male)

 

 

Betta taeniata (female)

 

 

Betta lehi - this forest betta's coverage area is from Sematan to Lundu and to the upper part of  Batang Kayan, near Matang.

 

 

The male Betta lehi is mouth brooding (carrying the eggs in the mouth).

 

 

Betta ibanorum

 

 

Betta ibanorum (previously thought it was Betta cf akarensis) from pugu area, near Lundu.

 

 

Goby

Goby

 

 

 

Borneo sucker (Gastroymzon sp.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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