CONTENTS 



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Introduction 1 



Purpose and scope of the catalog 1 



Sources of information 3 



Ichthyological literature of Thailand 5 



Origin and relationships of the fresh-water fish fauna 10 



Zoogeographic divisions of Thailand and their principal fresh waters. _ 13 



Gazetteer of collecting localit'es in Thailand 16 



Leading features of the fish fauna 28 



Some peculiarities of structure and habits among the fresh-water fishes. 30 



Introduced species 33 



Vernacular names -- 34 



Use of fresh-water fishes in contests 35 



Economic importance of the fresh-water fishes 35 



Acknowledgments 36 



Class Pisces 39 



Subclass Elasmobranchii 39 



Order Euselachii 39 



Family Carcharinidae 39 



Genus Scoliodon MuUer and Henle 39 



Order Batoidei 39 



Family Pristidae 39 



Genus Prislis Linck 40 



Family Dasyatidae 41 



Genus Dasyaiis Rafinesque 41 



Subclass Teleostomi 42 



Order Isospondyli 42 



Family Elopidae 42 



Genus Megalops Lacepede 42 



Family Clupeidae - 43 



Subfamily Clupeinae 43 



Genus Hilsa Regan 44 



Genus Sardinella Cuvier and Valenciennes 46 



Genus Harengula Cuvier and Valenciennes 48 



Subfamily Pristigasterinae 48 



Genus 7Zzs/ia (Gray) Richardson 48 



Genus Opisihopterus Gill 49 



Subfamily Dorosomatinae 50 



Genus Nematalosa Regan 50 



Genus Anodontostoma Bleeker 51 



Family Engraulidae 51 



Genus Coilia Gray 52 



Genus Setipinna Swainson 52 



Genus Lycothrissa Giinther 54 



Genus Scutengraulis Jordan and Seale 55 



Family Osteoglossidae 55 



Genus Scleropages Giinther 55 



Family Notopteridae 56 



Genus Notopterus Lacepede 56 



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