Published On Sep 27, 2024
I caught this footage in my local river, the native species captured here are Saddled Barbs (๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ), Beardless Barbs (๐๐บ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ๐ต๐ฉ๐บ๐ด ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฏ ), Hard-lipped Barb (๐๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ถ๐ด ๐ท๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ด), and Asian Leaffish (๐๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฑ.).
There are also non native invasives in this river, such as the moonlight gourami (Trichopod๐ถ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ช๐ด) and Javan silver barb (๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ด)
Local Malay names of each species:
Tebal Sisik = Saddled Barb
Temperas = Beardless Barb
Terbul / Teruboi = Hard-lipped Barb
Patung = ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฑ.