Terengganu Expedition follow up

- What I've learned from the Terengganu expedition was indeed invaluable towards my research and understanding of the Marulioides.

-The first I would like to share is the term called One Dragon literally translated from chinese 一条龙. When my collector kept calling out the one dragon I wasn't sure what it was and thought it was the snakeskin until I paid closer attention and indeed i could see the formation of the chinese dragon as below

So we now know that we have the stick flowers, the snakeskin and now the one dragon.

一条龙

- The next subject will be the the low oxygen environment which unfortunately I forgot to get the O2 tester. Not much to conclude but based on the video below you can clearly see that there are some movement or flow in the water, sort of like an under current but the surface is dead still as if there is an invisible borders separating the 2 layers. Watch until the end and you can see leaves and debris will remain stagnant on the surface. This is conveniently the same environment that I find when we set in our aquarium that raises fish with most flowers.

- These are Channa Marulioides from Terengganu and they are not the variant Terengganu. Do not assume all channa marulioides from Terengganu is the variant Terengganu. The below was caught about 50 km from the variant Terengganu habitat.

The trademark of the variant Terengganu is the flowers deliberately formed in combination of 2 or 3 scales making them look larger. The white line may grow in random order forming interesting pattern.

The red marking that I drew out is the scales, so you may clearly see how they combined and formed interesting pattern.

- The below 2 videos will display the effect of deforestation and oil palm plantation effect that indirectly impact the Marulioides Habitat. The whole flat area in the first video was once a lake that had turned into a field. All that is left is the miserable drain of what is left of the lake.

The second video is taken during drought season which we're having right now. The water level is abnormally low.

If deforestation is left uncontrolled, it will be a disaster for the variant Terengganu and possible even the extinction of the great Terengganu.

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