Describing betta livida seri iskandar

I have every intention to describe our 29/8/2020 wild caught betta livida for lasting footprint on my part and as reference for others.   We caught four fish that day.  As usual they were put into bottles when we got home. Soon after we realised, that these couldn't be betta imbellis. The colour, the shape of the body and the flare were different. Google helped. We zeroed in into betta livida.  To have it confirmed we checked with experts in Malaysia Wild Betta Society Facebook group.  Yes, our guess was right.

      

Pic1: Betta Livida with striking two gold stripes on its cheek

Pic 2: Betta Livida has whitish green tip of pelvic fin

Pic 3: Betta Livida taking an aggressive stance

pic 4: betta livida, lines and dots along at tail and fins

The habitat of betta livida seri iskandar

It is a slightly undulating land that meets a plain separated by a ditch. The whole landmass is basically laterite soil, and the ditch is full of fallen mahang (macaranga) and simpuh air  (dillenia suffruticosa) leaves. The two types of trees form the canopy shadowing the ditch. Water isn't too dark coloured, just slightly tinted clayey water. That ditch is noticeably man made, most probably during the establishment of massive felcra plantation.  Senduduk (melastoma) and other typical wetland small shrubs grow at the outskirt of ditch. The ditch itself runs to about 200 meters.

Pic 4: The habitat of wild caught betta livida Seri Iskandar

The history goes back to the setting up of Felcra Nasaruddin and development of the surrounding areas in late 90's for residential, and commercial areas. Further up, a town Tronoh is a very much disturbed land, heavily mined for tin in late 1800 to early 1900. The long Sungai Perak which cuts across the region divide the much hilly part on its right and the lowland where paddy will grow on its left. Seri Iskandar is on hillier side. 

Size of wild caught betta livida seri iskandar

male     :    LM1si is about 5 cm
male     :    LM2si is almost 4 cm
female  :    LF1si is about 4 cm

Colour Dark purplish brown when caught. I didn't place them in exactly similar biotope, therefore the colour faded a bit.  

With the three wild betta livida seri iskandar in my keeping, I wonder if my interest in captive reproduction will help to ensure its survival in seri iskandar.  The first attempt was quite successful, now a community of almost thirty 3 week old livida fries.  

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Seri Iskandar