Fishes of empire: imperialism and ichthyological introductions in British Malaya, 1923–42

• Main Author: Choo, Ruizhi
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Humanities::History::Asia::Malaysia; Science::Biological sciences::Ecology; Environmental History; Fisheries; British Empire; Southeast Asia; Freshwater; Colonial Science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/169494
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The cultural, technological, and socioeconomic dimensions of exotic animal introductions into the Malayan Peninsula have largely escaped the notice of scholars of British Malaya. At the same time, the scientific literature on exotic ichthyological introductions into Malaya has framed such introducti...