Fishing Betta coccina complex species is somehow unique, when stream and Small River are disappeared in dry season; the only way to catch them is through small puddles in the peat swamp. We some time dig a hole in the middle of the dried stream, wait and come back in half an hour time for fishing, you will be surprised with the result sometime.

A potential fishing spot.

Guess what stuck in the net?

And yes, we caught Betta tussyae.

And other fish like Clarias leiacanthus is a typical black water catfish.

Besides fish, Herman discovered this interesting Cardisoma sp nearby, Cardisoma belongs to the family of Gecarcinidae that adapted to terrestrial existence a.k.a land crab. These crabs having special equipped gills that can extract oxygen from the air but travel back to sea periodically for breeding.

Herman caught a pair of these but later reported eaten by rat at his home, sigh!