A new species of Hampala (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Lower Tenasserim basin of Thailand

A new species of Hampala (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Lower Tenasserim basin of Thailand

Nonn Panitvong & Tan Heok Hui

Abstract. Hampala siamensis, new species, is described from the Lower Tennasserim basin in Peninsular Thailand. This new species can be distinguished from its congeners by a saddle-like bar or inverted triangular marking on the body beneath the dorsal fin, rarely reaching the lateral-line scale row, by measurements of the head and body and scale counts. It is the fourth species of Hampala recorded from Thailand.

Key words. aquatic biodiversity, Southeast Asia, freshwater fish, taxonomy, Cypriniformes

 

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