I’ve just returned (more’s the pity) from a month pottering around Malaysia in search of freshwater fishes and other interesting stuff, and will be posting a series of blogs about the trip since there’s far too much material to cram into a single piece.

There are around 6000 hi-res photos plus interviews and videos to check and process so for the time being here are a few images off the phone-cam, some of which were taken by my wife. First report to follow in a day or two and will feature a couple of very special fishes.

Hope these whet the appetite ’til then…

…

Matt

Aquaculture Technologies Pte Ltd., Singapore is one of Southeast Asia’s most important exporters of wild-collected fish. We were lucky enough to be granted an exclusive in-depth interview with owner Patrick Yap which will be published soon.

© Matt Ford

Mouth of the blackwater Sungai (river) Ru Rebah as it enters the South China Sea, Johor state, Peninsular Malaysia.

© Aiste Ford

Kayaking in the mangrove forest, Tioman Island. Feet not mine…

© Aiste Ford

Dodgy bridge on the Sungai Mentawak, Tioman Island. Backside mine.

© Aiste Ford

Checking the push net.

© Matt Ford

‘Puntius‘ johorensis

© Matt Ford

Hill stream near Sekayu, Terengganu where we collected around 20 species.

© Aiste Ford

Homaloptera parclitella

© Matt Ford

Sungai Berang, Terengganu

© Matt Ford

Doryichthys sp. male carrying eggs

© Matt Ford

Hi folks, just to let you know that site updates will be much-reduced for the next month or so because of a four-week fishing trip to Southeast Asia, most of which will be spent in Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo with a one day jaunt to Bintan Island, Indonesia!

Hoping to find anabantoids, barbs, rasboras, catfishes, loaches, gobies and many others as well as soaking up some culture and spending some rest time on the beach. It’s a hard life…

Thanks as ever for the ongoing support and see you all soon!!!