Fishes of Upper Segama river (Sabah) - part 1

Pangasius tubbi, catfish.

Garra borneensis from Ulu Segama of Sabah. The species name "borneensis" means something from Borneo in latin.

Nematabramis everetti

Gosh!!! This is a beautiful freshwater fish that I ever seen in Sabah! It is called Luciosoma pellegrini ~ found in a tributary of Segama river.

If you come to Sabah, don't forget to find this predatory fish which named after Sabah; called Hampala sabana. It has longer & slimmer body compared to Hampala from other places in Borneo or outside Borneo.

Borneo sucker fish, Gastromyzon lepidogaster from east coast of Sabah. This is an adult fish. Juvenile has different body pattern.

Borneo sucker fish, Gastromyzon lepidogaster from east coast of Sabah. This is a juvenile.

Mystus sabanus, a catfish from Segama river in east Sabah. It is named after Sabah, a state of Malaysia

Flying fox fish (Crossocheilus cobitis) from upper Segama river in Sabah. It is different from the flying fox fish in Sarawak.

The metallic grey colored Bucephalandra

Comparison of the metallic grey colored leaf (left) & green leaf (right) of Bucephalandra motleyana. The metallic grey leaf is the reflection from the sunlight from an angle. The green one doesn't reflect much of the sunlight....

Bucephalandra motleyana from a small vertical waterfall

Bucephalandra motleyana from a small vertical waterfall.

On the left is Schismatoglottis multiflora & right is Bucephalandra motleyana.

Mossy-nest swiftlet (Aerodramus salanganus) from Sabah

Mossy-nest swiftlet (Aerodramus salanganus) which builds the nest on a limestone wall in east Sabah. The nest is no commercial value (for edible bird nest).

The chicks.

The nests are on top of a stream.

Hanguana loi, new species of plant from Borneo

Hanguana loi, new species of plant from Borneo is named after me. :-)

Long stem Aridarum is Aridarum montanum!!!

After a century, I'm the first person who re-discovered the "correct" locality for Aridarum montanum (rheophytic aroid). 

Schismatoglottis wongii

Schismatoglottis wongii from Ulu Segama of Sabah.