Inventory of fishes in the upper Pelus River (Perak river basin, Perak, Malaysia)

By

Ikhwanuddin, Mat Esa Mohd
Amal, Mohammad Noor Azmai
Aziz, Azizul
Sepet, Johari
Talib, Abdullah
Ismail, Muhammad Faiz
Hashim, Nor Rasidah

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017-8-18

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

13

Series / Issue

Issue: 4

Pages

315--325

Subjects

faunal inventory , freshwater , Species diversity , tropical forest

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/13.4.315

 

Abstract

The upper Pelus River is located in the remote area of the Kuala Kangsar district, Perak, Malaysia. Recently, the forest along the upper portion of the Pelus River has come under threat due to extensive lumbering and land clearing for plantations. Sampling at 3 localities in the upper Pelus River at 457, 156 and 89 m above mean sea level yielded 521 specimens representing 4 orders, 11 families, 23 genera and 26 species. The most abundant species was Neolissochilus hexagonolepis, followed by Homalopteroides tweediei and Glyptothorax major. The fish community structure indices was observed to increase from the upper to lower portion of the river, which might reflect differences in water velocity.