Malay Muslim Sultanates were established in the South of Celebes long before the arrival of the Portuguese in the early 16th century. The Dutch arrived in the early 17th century and gradually spread their control but two States, Bone and Gowa, retained their independence until 1905 and 1911 respectively. During World War II it was occupied by Japan. It only became a part of Indonesia in 1950. When did it became Sulawesi? I can’t find a date or reference.
Anyway, we are drifting away from the original thread 😉
I have to agree with Peter for the same reasons. It’s unlikely that the same shrimp is to be found on Borneo as well. It appears that the largest percentage of flora and fauna are endemic. So I shall look forward to the results of next year. I wish I could go :unsure:
I also agree with 7 Zwerge that we shouldn’t use those traders names. I discovered that by googling Caridina pareparensis parvidentata it only returns names like Malawa shrimp except in a few cases, in others people use Malaya shrimp. But I suspect they are talking about a different species.
Bill