The most common peacock bass species found in Malaysia is the butterfly peacock bass which is similar to the introduced species in Florida, USA to control tilapia. King of Fish The local Malays call it ‘Ikan Raja’ and is also known as the ‘Wong Tai Yee’ to the local chinese, both literally translated as King
Butterfly peacock bass (cichla olellaris) in Malaysia Read More »
Squid are cephalopods of the order Teuthida, which comprises around 300 species. Three hundred species! It is said that new ones are still being discovered! Cephalopods consists of squids, cuttlefish and octopuses. The ones we commonly catch are squids. Not cuttlefish or calamari. Calamari is an Italian word used to market squid as a food
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Todak, Hound needlefish or Long Tom (Tylosurus crocodilus) Distribution and biology Found in South Africa coastal and off-shore waters, the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf to India, Sri Lanka and Malaysia. A pelagic carnivorous species that feeds mainly on small fishes. Occasionally leaps out of water and skitters at the surface.
Longtom Garfish – Todak, Hound needlefish (Tylosurus crocodilus). Read More »
The island trevally (Carangoides orthogrammus) is a fish that closely resembles our local Demudok, Orange Spotted Trevally. I had a tough time identifying the two species earlier as both have orange spots on their bodies. It is quite common to wrongly ID the island trevally as something else as it is also known as the
My eyes were squinting. The sun was shining bright, very bright throughout the week we fished the Maldivian flats. The sun’s ray reflecting off the water’s surface and the waves make it hard to spot fish. After two days of non-stop casting and wading my muscles were beginning to ache. The pain is more noticeable
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Identifying fish can be tricky. It appears I have identified the Orange-Spotted Trevally as the Island Trevally in some of my earlier video postings. I would not have realise it if I did not dig-out some reference books and took a closer look. Make that a very close look. Orange-Spotted Trevally (Carangoides bajad) also known
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