Publisher : Biodiversity Journal
Place of publication :
Publication year : 2015
Thematic : Wetlands and Peatlands
Language : English
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The present paper reports on an updated checklist of freshwater and brackish fishes of
Phetchaburi Basin, Northwest Gulf of Thailand Drainages, resulting from a study carried out
in the period April 2012 – September 2013. All the species encountered in this region belonging
to 11 orders, 41 families and 126 species, are listed. In particular, 39 species are new
records for Phetchaburi Basin: Parachela siamensis (Günther, 1868); Barbonymus
schwanefeldii (Bleeker, 1854); Puntioplites proctozystron (Bleeker, 1865); Acanthopsoides
gracilentus (Smith, 1945); Homaloptera smithi Hora, 1932; Mystus mysticetus Roberts, 1992;
Plotosus canius Hamilton, 1822; Macrognathus semiocellatus Roberts, 1986; M. siamensis
(Günther, 1861); Doryichthys boaja (Bleeker, 1850); Ichthyocampus carce (Hamilton, 1822);
Hyporhamphus limbatus (Valenciennes, 1846); Dermogenys siamensis Fowler, 1934; Oryzias
javanicus (Bleeker, 1854); O. minutillus Smith, 1945; Phenacostethus smithi Myers, 1928;
Poecilia latipinna (Lesueur, 1821); Ambassis vachellii Richardson, 1846; Oreochromis
mossambicus (Peters, 1852); Sillago sihama (Forsskål, 1775); Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus,
1766); Gerres filamentosus Cuvier, 1829; Ellochelon vaigiensis (Quoy et Gaimard 1825);
Moolgarda cunnesius (Valenciennes 1836); Terapon jarbua (Forsskål, 1775); Lates calcarifer
(Bloch, 1790); Lutjanus monostigma (Cuvier, 1828); Siganus javus (Linnaeus, 1766); Butis
butis (Hamilton, 1822); B. koilomatodon (Bleeker, 1849); Pseudogobius javanicus (Bleeker,
1856); Gobiopterus chuno (Hamilton, 1822); Pseudapocryptes elongatus (Cuvier, 1816);
Acentrogobius kranjiensis (Herre, 1940); Rhinogobius sp.; Istiblennius lineatus (Valenciennes,
1836); Trichopsis pumila (Arnold, 1936); Trichopodus pectoralis Regan, 1910; Cynoglossus
puncticeps (Richardson, 1846).
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Keywords : fisheries
Encoded by : Pauline Carmel Joy Eje