Research

Staff Publications

TAN HEOK HUI & MAURICE KOTTELAT
Rasbora marinae, a new species of cyprinid fish from northwestern Borneo (Teleostei: Danionidae)

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 68: 750–758. https://www.doi.org/10.26107/RBZ-2020-0086


TAN HEOK HUI & JONGKAR GRINANG
Typhlachirus lipophthalmus, a rare eye-less sole from Borneo (Teleostei: Soleidae)

Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, IEF-1150.
http://doi.org/10.23788/IEF-1150


KIN O. CHAN, CARL R. HUTTER, PERRY L. WOOD JR, L. L. GRISMER, INDRANEIL DAS & RAFE M. BROWN
Gene flow creates a mirage of cryptic species in a Southeast Asian spotted stream frog complex

Molecular Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15603


MONICA GUERRINI, GIOVANNI FORCINA, MARCUS A.H. CHUA, MERYL THENG, OMAR F. AL-SHEIKHLY, MUKHTAR K. HABA, BRIJ K. GUPTA, TAHIRA RUBY, TAO T. NGUYEN, ALEEM A. KHAN & FILIPPO BARBANERA
Spatial genetic structure in the vulnerable smooth-coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata, Mustelidae): towards an adaptive conservation management of the species

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 68: 719–734. https://www.doi.org/10.26107/RBZ-2020-0084


L. LEE GRISMER, CHAN KIN ONN, JAMIE R. OAKS, THY NEANG, LANG SOKUN, MATTHEW L. MURDOCH, BRYAN L. STUART & JESSE L. GRISMER
A new insular species of the Cyrtodactylus intermedius (Squamata: Gekkonidae) group from Cambodia with a discussion of habitat preference and ecomorphology

Zootaxa, 4830: 75–102. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4830.1.3


TING HUI NG, EKGACHAI JERATTHITIKUL, CHIRASAK SUTCHARIT, SAMOL CHHUOY, KAKADA PIN, ARTHIT PHOLYOTHA, WARUT SIRIWUT, RUTTAPON SRISONCHAI, ZEB S. HOGAN & PENG BUN NGOR
Annotated checklist of freshwater molluscs from the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia

ZooKeys, 958: 107–141. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.958.53865


TING HUI NG, SUPUNYA ANNATE, EKGACHAI JERATTHITIKUL, CHIRASAK SUTCHARIT, YANIN LIMPANONT & SOMSAK PANHA
Disappearing apple snails (Caenogastropoda: Ampullariidae) of Thailand: a comprehensive update of their taxonomic status and distribution

Journal of Molluscan Studies, eyaa015. https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyaa015


TAN HEOK HUI & JONGKAR GRINANG
Parosphromenus barbarae, a new species of Licorice Gourami from Sarawak, Borneo (Teleostei: Osphronemidae)

Vertebrate Zoology, 70: 349–356. https://doi.org/10.26049/VZ70-3-2020-07


TAN HEOK HUI
An observation of coconut lorikeets at the Botanic Gardens

Singapore Biodiversity Records, 2020: 98. https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/app/uploads/2020/01/sbr2020_98.pdf


PETER K. L. NG & JOSE CHRISTOPHER E. MENDOZA
Echoes from the past – the identity of Sundathelphusa picta (von Martens, 1868) and descriptions of two new species of freshwater crab (Crustacea, Brachyura, Gecarcinucidae, Sundathelphusa) from Luzon Island, the Philippines

Philippine Journal of Systematic Biology, 14. https://www.doi.org/10.26757/pjsb2020b14001


N.S.S. KAMAL, H.H. TAN & CASEY K.C. NG
Betta nuluhon, a new species of fighting fish from western Sabah, Malaysia (Teleostei: Osphronemidae)

Zootaxa, 4819: 187–194. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4819.1.11


HEOK HEE NG & HEOK HUI TAN
A new, uniquely patterned spiny eel (Teleostei: Mastacembelidae) from southern Borneo, Kalimantan Tengah, Indonesia

Zootaxa, 4819: 170–178. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4819.1.9


SOMSAK BUATIP & SIONG KIAT TAN
A new genus Swennenia for Gascoignella jabae Swennen, 2001, a small rare mangrove dwelling sea slug in the Gulf of Thailand, with notes on the species (Gastropoda: Sacoglossa: Plakobranchoidea)

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 68: 629–635. https://doi.org/10.26107/RBZ-2020-0078


CHIRASAK SUTCHARIT, PHANARA THACH, SAMOL CHHUOY, PENG BUN NGOR, EKGACHAI JERATTHITIKUL, WARUT SIRIWUT, RUTTAPON SRISONCHAI, TING HUI NG, ARTHIT PHOLYOTHA, PARIN JIRAPATRASILP & SOMSAK PANHA
Annotated checklist of the land snail fauna from southern Cambodia (Mollusca, Gastropoda)

SANTANU MITRA, JIGNESHKUMAR N. TRIVEDI & JOSE CHRISTOPHER E. MENDOZA
On the two ‘forms’ of Dotilla intermedia De Man, 1888 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Dotillidae) from the Bay of Bengal, India, with description of a new species

Zootaxa, 4809: 521–534. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4809.3.6


MARTYN E.Y. LOW, PETER K.L. NG & PAUL F. CLARK
Additional notes on the publication of the Narrative, Zoology and Notes from a Journal of Research into the Natural History of the Voyage of H.M.S. Samarang and its consequences for the nomenclature of decapod crustaceans and other taxa

Zootaxa, 4809: 271–305. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4809.2.3


EDWARD L. WEBB, YAN RU CHOO, ENOKA P. KUDAVIDANAGE, THAKSHILA RAVINDRA AMARASINGHE, UDAMULLE GEDARA SUMITH INDIKA BANDARA, WANNINAYAKA AARAHCHILAGE CHARITHA LAKMALI WANNINAYAKA, PIYAL RAVINDRAKUMAR, THILINA SUDARSHANA NIMALRATHNA, SONG HORNG LIANG & MARCUS AIK HWEE CHUA
Leopard activity patterns in a small montane protected area highlight the need for integrated, collaborative landscape conservation

Global Ecology and Conservation, 23: e01182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01182


KIN ONN CHAN, ROBIN K. ABRAHAM & BAIZUL HAFSYAM BADLI-SHAM
A revision of the Asian tree toad complex Rentapia hosii (Anura: Bufonidae) with the description of a new species from Peninsular Malaysia

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 68: 595–607. https://doi.org/10.26107/RBZ-2020-0075


CHENJING ZHAO, YUCHEN ANG, MENGQING WANG, CAIXIA GAO, KUIYAN ZHANG, CHUFEI TANG, XINGYUE LIU, MIN LI, DING YANG & RUDOLF MEIER
Contribution to understanding the evolution of holometaboly: transformation of internal head structures during the metamorphosis in the green lacewing Chrysopa pallens (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae)

BMC Evolutionary Biology, 20: 79. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-020-01643-2


ADNAN SHAHDIDI, CHRISTOPH D. SCHUBART & JOSE CHRISTOPHER E. MENDOZA
On the occurrence of Parasesarma cricotum (Rahayu & Davie, 2002) (Decapoda, Brachyura, Sesarmidae) in Palau and Sulawesi

Zootaxa, 4803: 397–400. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4803.2.12


KIN ONN CHAN, CARL R. HUTTER, PERRY L. WOOD JR., L. LEE GRISMER & RAFE M. BROWN
Larger, unfiltered datasets are more effective at resolving phylogenetic conflict: Introns, exons, and UCEs resolve ambiguities in Golden-backed frogs (Anura: Ranidae; genus Hylarana)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 151: 106899. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106899


K. EGUCHI, E. OGURI, T. SASAKI, A. MATSUO, D.D. NGUYEN, W. JAITRONG, B.E. YAHYA, Z. CHEN, R. SATRIA, W.Y. WANG & Y. SUYAMA
Revisiting museum collections in the genomic era: potential of MIG-seq for retrieving phylogenetic information from aged minute dry specimens of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and other small organisms

Myrmecological News, 30: 151–159. https://doi.org/10.25849/myrmecol.news_030:151


PETER K.L. NG, WIN MAR & HSI-TE SHIH
Indawmon thanayei, a new genus and new species of freshwater crab (Crustacea: Brachyura: Potamidae) from Indawgyi Lake, Kachin State, Myanmar

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 68: 529–538. https://doi.org/10.26107/RBZ-2020-0069


WAN F. A. JUSOH, LESLEY BALLANTYNE & KIN ONN CHAN
DNA-based species delimitation reveals cryptic and incipient species in synchronous flashing fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) of Southeast Asia

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, blaa072. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blaa072


LEES C., C. GIBSON, Z. JAAFAR, H.H. NG, H.H. TAN, K.W.J. CHUA & F.J.F. VAN VEEN (EDS.)
Assessing to Plan: Next steps towards conservation action for threatened freshwater fishes of the Sunda region

IUCN Conservation Planning Specialist Group, Apple Valley, MN, USA, 44pp.


PETER K. L. NG, WIN MAR & DARREN C. J. YEO
On the taxonomy of the endemic Inle Lake crab, Inlethelphusa acanthica (Kemp, 1918) (Crustacea: Brachyura: Potamidae) of Myanmar

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 68: 453–463. https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/app/uploads/2020/01/RBZ-2020-0063.pdf


KAY RAMOS, YUCHEN ANG & PATRICK GROOTAERT
‘Fake widespread species’: A new mangrove Thinophilus Wahlberg (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from Bohol, Philippines, that is cryptic with a Singaporean species

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 68: 441–447. https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/app/uploads/2020/01/RBZ-2020-0060.pdf


JOSE CHRISTOPHER E. MENDOZA, PREMA MANI & SAMUTHIRAPANDIAN RAVICHANDRAN
First record of the deep-water xanthid crab genus, Pulcratis Ng & Huang, 1997, from the Indian Ocean, with description of a new species (Crustacea: Brachyura: Xanthidae)

TAN HEOK HUI
Trigonostigma truncata, a new species of harlequin rasbora from Malay Peninsula (Teleostei: Danionidae)

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 68: 421–433. https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/app/uploads/2020/01/RBZ-2020-0058.pdf


JEFFREY T. B. KWIK & KELVIN K. P. LIM
Scorpionfishes (Teleostei: Scorpaenoidei) of Singapore

Nature in Singapore, 2020, 13: 11–26. https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/app/uploads/2020/05/NIS-2020-0003.pdf


SAEDUL BIBI, PIRZADA J. A. SIDDIQUI, PERVAIZ IQBAL & SIONG KIAT TAN
The first records of Duplicaria spectabilis (Hinds, 1844) (Neogastropoda: Terebridae) from Balochistan, Pakistan

KELVIN K. P. LIM & TAN HEOK HUI
New Singapore record of the fringelip mullet, Crenimugil heterocheilus

Singapore Biodiversity Records, 2020: 46. https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/app/uploads/2020/01/sbr2020_46.pdf


RON K. H. YEO & TAN HEOK HUI
Recent sightings of the textile cone in Singapore

Singapore Biodiversity Records, 2020: 41–42. https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/app/uploads/2020/01/sbr2020_41-42.pdf


PETER K. L. NG & BERTRAND RICHER DE FORGES
A revision of the deep-sea porter crabs of the genus Gordonopsis Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1995 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Homolidae), with descriptions of five new species

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 68: 267–307. https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/app/uploads/2020/01/RBZ-2020-0023.pdf


TAN HEOK HUI, KELVIN LIM KOK PENG, LIEW JIA HUAN, LOW BI WEI, RAYSON LIM BOCK HING, JEFFREY KWIK TEIK BENG & DARREN C. J. YEO
The non-native freshwater fishes of Singapore: An annotated compilation

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 68: 150–195. https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/app/uploads/2020/01/RBZ-2020-0016.pdf


ZACHARY EMBERTS, COLETTE M. ST. MARY, CODY COYOTEE HOWARD, MICHAEL FORTHMAN, PHILIP W. BATEMAN, UMMAT SOMJEE, WEI SONG HWANG, DAIQIN LI, REBECCA T. KIMBALL & CHRISTINE W. MILLER
The evolution of autotomy in leaf-footed bugs

MAURICE KOTTELAT, LOUIS DEHARVENG & PETER K. L. NG (EDS.)
Anthony J. Whitten (1953–2017) Memorial Issue

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement 35: i–vi, 1–185. https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/rbz/supplement-no-35/


TAN HEOK HUI & KELVIN K.P. LIM
New record of the Cook’s cardinalfish in Singapore

Singapore Biodiversity Records, 2020: 39. https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/app/uploads/2020/01/sbr2020_39.pdf


YUCHEN ANG, LYNETTE SZE MIN CHIA, PEI ZHEN YAP & ANLYDIA ENQI OOI
Daurian redstart at University Town

Singapore Biodiversity Records, 2020: 30–31. https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/app/uploads/2020/01/sbr2020_30-31.pdf


CHAN SOW-YAN, LAU WING LUP & TAN SIONG KIAT
A fig drill, Orania ficula, at Changi Beach

Singapore Biodiversity Records, 2020: 37–38. https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/app/uploads/2020/01/sbr2020_37-38.pdf


SHANE T. AHYONG, SANTANU MITRA & PETER K. L. NG
Cymonomid crabs from southwestern Indonesia and redescription of Cymonomus andamanicus Alcock, 1905

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 68: 62–69. https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/app/uploads/2020/01/RBZ-2020-0007.pdf


IAN Z.W. CHAN, WENDY Y. WANG & PETER A. TODD
Facial band colour in the mangrove crab Parasesarma peninsulare Shahdadi, Ng & Schubart, 2018 plays a role in mate recognition

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2020: 106721. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2020.106721


KENNY W.J. CHUA, FELIX K.S. LIM, AMIRRUDIN B. AHMAD, HEOK HUI TAN & DARREN C.J. YEO
Morphological traits mediate fish occurrences in oil palm-impacted tropical streams

Freshwater Biology, 2020, 00: 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13500


SAMEER K. PATI, DARREN C.J. YEO & PETER K.L. NG
Krishnamon, a new genus for the cavernicolous crab Telphusa austeniana Wood-Mason, 1871 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamidae) from Meghalaya state, northeastern India

Journal of Crustacean Biology, ruaa009. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruaa009


HAYDEN R. DAVIS, KIN ONN CHAN, INDRANEIL DAS, IAN G. BRENNAN, BENJAMIN R. KARIN, TODD R. JACKMAN, RAFE M. BROWN, DJOKO T. ISKANDAR, IZNEIL NASHRIQ, L. LEE GRISMER & AARON M. BAUER
Multilocus phylogeny of Bornean Bent-Toed geckos (Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus) reveals hidden diversity, taxonomic disarray, and novel biogeographic patterns

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 147: 106785. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106785


TAN HEOK HUI
An observation of Asian openbill storks in Singapore

Singapore Biodiversity Records, 2020: 17–18. https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/app/uploads/2020/01/sbr2020_17-18.pdf


CHAN SOW-YAN, LAU WING LUP & TAN SIONG KIAT
Sightings of live Alaerato angistoma snails in Singapore

Singapore Biodiversity Records, 2020: 20–21. https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/app/uploads/2020/01/sbr2020_20-21.pdf


WENDY Y. WANG, AIKI YAMADA & SEIKI YAMANE
Maritime trap-jaw ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Ponerinae) of the Indo-Australian region – redescription of Odontomachus malignus Smith and description of a related new species from Singapore, including first descriptions of males

ZooKeys, 915: 137–174. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.915.38968


MERYL THENG, WAN F.A. JUSOH, ANUJ JAIN, BLANCA HUERTAS, DAVID J.X. TAN, HUI ZHEN TAN, NADIAH P. KRISTENSEN, RUDOLF MEIER & RYAN A. CHISHOLM
A comprehensive assessment of diversity loss in a well-documented tropical insect fauna: Almost half of Singapore’s butterfly species extirpated in 160 years

Biological Conservation, 242: 108401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108401


EVAN S.H. QUAH, L. LEE GRISMER, KELVIN K.P. LIM, M.S. SHAHRUL ANUAR & KIN ONN CHAN
A taxonomic revision of Asthenodipsas malaccana Peters, 1864 (Squamata: Pareidae) with a description of a new species from Borneo

Zootaxa, 4729: 001–024. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4729.1.1


KENNY W.J. CHUA, JIA HUAN LIEW, KYUNG-HOON SHIN & DARREN C.J. YEO
Effects of ethanol preservation and formalin fixation on amino acid stable isotope analysis (δ13C and δ15N) and its ecological applications

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 18: 77–88. https://doi.org/10.1002/lom3.10347


HELEN K. LARSON, ZEEHAN JAAFAR, TAN HEOK HUI & TEGUH PERISTIWADY
Platygobiopsis hadiatyae, a new species of deepwater gobiid from Indonesia (Teleostei, Gobiidae, Gobiinae)

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 68: 14–18. https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/app/uploads/2020/01/RBZ-2020-0002.pdf


MIZUKI MATSUNUMA, HEOK HUI TAN & TEGUH PERISTIWADY
Chelidoperca flavolineata, a new species of perchlet (Perciformes: Serranidae) from Indonesia and the first Indonesian record of C. maculicauda

Ichthyological Research, 67: 308–319. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-019-00729-2

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