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Last January I traveled to Indonesian Borneo for work and spent a few days at a primate research station in peat swamp forest on the edge of the Sabangau river. I spent most of my time wading knee-deep in black water trying to keep up with the apes traveling through the canopy above but I did manage a couple of hours of dipping an over-sized aquarium net in the water around the camp.
This is the camp:

The water here is very acidic. pH between 3 and 4 typically.
Wherever there was a bit of current there were these stunning halfbeaks, probably Hemirhamphodon tengah:





This one is probably juvenile of the above but fins look quite different


Rasbora:


I did find a name for this small (2cm) and very pretty barb (photo doesn't do it justice) but I can't recall what it was now...


I was hoping to find some catfish among the thick layer of leaf litter on the bottom but all I found there was this loach



And finally some of the finless critters I encountered:






Thanks for watching. Next January I shall be heading for the hills of North Kalimantan, which will be very different.

Fascinating trip, and great photos!

panaque wrote: Rasbora:

That's Trigonopoma gracile.

panaque wrote: I did find a name for this small (2cm) and very pretty barb (photo doesn't do it justice) but I can't recall what it was now...

R. kalochroma

panaque wrote: I was hoping to find some catfish among the thick layer of leaf litter on the bottom but all I found there was this loach

That's Kottelatlimia hipporhynchos.

Thanks for putting names to all those Silurius, that is great.
I also saw a Channa and a Betta, probably B. hendra.

Cool trip!

Awesome fishy and other finds! Carnivorous plants are another "odd interest" of mine. :3

Thanks. It's a wonderful place and I count myself very lucky that I get to visit places like this. Unfortunately, this area is very much under threat from drainage of the swamp through old logging canals.