This worries the naturalists who feel that the Peacock Bass will hunt most of the local species to extinction. Since these fish (which is locally known as Ikan Raja) are not popular as table fish their population growth continue upward as most fish caught were thrown back into the water to live another day. They are also known to eat their own species once the supply of local fishes run out. They dominate mining ponds and lakes and compete with the bigger species like Toman and Haruan(both are snakeheads). Due to the hardy nature of the Peacock Bass, their hunting habits and vicious appetite where there are abundance of local species, their population grew very fast at the expense of the extinction of some indigenous species. This is how the Peacock Bass got introduced in our country. Then there are aqua-cultured Peacock Bass in many ponds got released into the surrounding during flood. When they grow too large for the aquariums some owners will discard them in the lakes, ponds and canals. They are quite colorful when they are small in the aquariums but they need to be kept in large aquariums as they grow very fast in high temperature water on the tropics. So how in the world they end up in Malaysian waters? Look no further than those who imported them from the South American countries to be sold in the aquarium shops scattered across the country. They live in tropical areas from the Amazon Basin in South America up to Panama, Venezuela, Florida, Puerto Rico, Hawaii and the US Virgin Island. They are no other than the Peacock Bass originated from the Amazon in South America. Disappointed? Naaahh.you should not be because the ones that are swimming around in our ex-mining ponds, lakes, and canals are as aggressive, vicious and would give a tough fight when hooked just like their cousins in Japan and the USA. There is a species of Bass and its variations found all over the country mostly in the West coast of the Peninsular of Malaysia, however, they are not Bigmouth or Small-mouth Bass like the ones found in Japan or the USA.
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