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On the following day, we went to check out ablackwater stream at a disturbed Kerangas forest. Not much fish there but we're suprised to catch a few Paedocypris micromegethes. This tiny fish is more common than we thought!

2nd location of our trip:





Pikehead (Luciocephalus pulcher). This is a predatory fish!





After half an hour later, we moved to 3rd location.





Found Cryptocoryne again & I think it is probably Cryptocoryne pallidinervia.






Blyxa sp.






A fish trap set by someone. The bait is the oil palm fruits.

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Collecting fish.





Betta brownorum









4th location: this is the type locality of Paedocypris micromegethes near Mukah. Unfortunately, the habitat is badly disturbed & we couldn't find this fish anymore! However, we saw a big population of Cryptocoryne cordata var. zonata :




A fly (pollinator??) on the spathe (flower) of Cryptocoryne cordata var. zonata :




Cryptocoryne cordata var. zonata :

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The leaf of Cryptocoryne cordata var. zonata :





The spathe:




Cyrtosperma sp.






Barclaya motleyi:




The flower of Barclaya motleyi:

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Tiny fish, Paedocypris micromegethes (adult size):






All fishes are packed into an ice box (ice is keep in a smaller ice box, no direct contact with the plastic bags contain the live fish). The fatality rate is very low. Only 2 or 3 fishes are dead by the time we reached home, after 6 hours later. Some fishes are kept in breathable bags.






Say goodbye to mighty Rajang river, the longest river in Malaysia:







On the way back, we saw an "injured" transformer! Shall we help him?





THE END.

fastang80

Great pictures.

junglemike

Thanks. I just came back from another trip. Will post my photos next week.