Clown Knifefish (Notopterus chitala)

WHEN space had been empty and the lights extinguished, a pair Belida out from behind the "stage" and start "dancing". Their bodies are flexible meandering among water plants.

In the dark, their eyes like a cat's eye staring at its prey and the candidates ... hap ... small fish were ambushed.
They kept dancing. In the myth of the Chinese Overseas (Hoa Kiau), the dancers dance the night and splashing water that they generate radiate magical power to resist the plague.

But somehow, the people of Muara Enim, South Sumatra (South Sumatra), named the fish Belida. It means being good at diplomacy (some = have, lida = tongue, clever bersilat tongue). Some old people are surnamed Muara Enim Belida believe, their descendants Belida fish was magical and authoritative.
EVEN equally belong to ancient fish estimated Belida slightly younger ages than the more popular arowana in the ornamental fish market.

"Age can be estimated through the age of myths about them. The age old myth, the older the possibility that fish age.