The CORK FISH

The cork fish was a kind of wild fish that lived in the fresh water. This fish was known with many names in various areas: aruan, haruan (Mly.,Bjn), kocolan (By The Way.), bogo (the Primary School.), bayong, bogo, licingan (Bms.), cursed (Jw.), et cetera. In English also was mentioned with various names like common snakehead, snakehead murrel, chevron snakehead, striped snakehead but also aruan. His scientific name was Channa striata. The land fish that was big enough, could grow through to reached long 1 m..The head is big rather flat was similar to the head of the snake (so as was named snakehead), with the big scales on the head. The round body gilig memanjang, like the guided missile. Back fins memanjang and tail fins became round on the end. The side on the body -- from the head as far as the tail -- was dark, black brownish or greenness. The low side of the white body, began the chin behind. The side samping note down thick (striata, note down) that was rather hazy. This colour often resembled the surrounding environment. The big mouth, with big and sharp teeth. The normal cork fish was found in the lake, the swamp, the river, and water channels as far as paddy-fields. This fish preyed on various very small fish, insects, and various other water animals including the tadpole and the frog. Often the cork fish was carried the flood to ditches, If the paddy-field, the pond or the ditch dried up, this fish will bury itself in mud until the place again was juicy. The cork fish had the breathing capacity direct from air, by using a kind of labyrinth organ (like to the fish lele or the etching) but more primitive. The cork fish spread the area beginning with Pakistan in the west, Nepal the southern part, most territories in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Tiongkok the southern part, and most territories in South-East Asia including Indonesia the western part.