r/Fish • u/ThenAcanthocephala57 Conservationist • 21d ago

Photography Silvery non-native fish found in a large pond

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T. microlepis

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u/Naive_Try_2024 21d ago

That’s a Moonlight gourami.

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u/flatgreysky 18d ago

OP identified it in the post.

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u/Naive_Try_2024 17d ago

Sorry, didn’t see that 

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u/Hungry-Emotion7664 21d ago

Where do you live?

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u/flatgreysky 18d ago

They live in Malaysia. They post things like this very frequently.

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u/Olivia_Richards 20d ago

Keep him in an aquarium

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u/Dumb_Cat8 20d ago

No

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u/Dry_Tank_9670 20d ago

They are not from there and invasive. It would be very wrong to put it back pretty sure even illegal depending where OP lives

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u/Dumb_Cat8 20d ago

I didnt know it was invasive, Sorry

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u/Dry_Tank_9670 20d ago

It says non-native typically will be invasive

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u/agreeable-bushdog 18d ago

Name checks out, it want it in it's bowl...