o_19ko2dt161ng2j4e1tgnoqv1s45a.pdf
You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
STATE OF KNOWLEDGE ON FRESHWATER FISHES OF MALAYSIA<br />
between Malaysia and other external agencies such as the Raffles Museum of Biodiversity<br />
Research (RMBR), Singapore, plays a significant role in enhancing knowledge on the country’s<br />
freshwater fishes.<br />
External collaboration is needed but more importantly, the availability of sufficient research<br />
funding is crucial to enable inventory work and systematic research. The involvement of<br />
organisations such as the United Nation Development Program, (UNDP) through the Global<br />
Environmental Facility (GEF) in the research on the peat swamp forests in Southeast Pahang,<br />
Sarawak and Sabah is significant in contributing to the habitat conservation. Notwithstanding<br />
this, it is crucial that local researchers play a more active role to the research and conservation<br />
of these precious natural resources.<br />
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS<br />
Special thanks to Prof. Dr. A. Ambak (KUSTEM), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Peter K.L. Ng (ZRC),<br />
Kelvin K.P. Lim (ZRC), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lee Nyanti (UNIMAS) and Patrick K.Y. Lee (UM)<br />
for valuable discussion on this paper. The first author is also grateful to Siti Ariza Aripin for<br />
gathering the materials for this manuscript.<br />
REFERENCES<br />
AHMAD, A., ALI, A.B. & MANSOR, M. 2001. Freshwater fishes of Wang Kelian, Perlis<br />
State Park. Pp. 111–121 in Faridah-Hanum, I., Osman, K. & Latiff A. (eds.) Kepelbagaian<br />
Biologi dan Pengurusan Taman Negeri Perlis: Persekitaran Fizikal dan Biologi Wang<br />
Kelian. Jabatan Perhutanan Perlis.<br />
AHMAD, A., YUSRI, Y., SITI AZIZAH, M.N. & ALI, A.B. 2002. The fish fauna of Pantai<br />
Acheh Park, Penang, Malaysia. Journal of Bioscience 13(2): 35–41.<br />
AHMAD, A., YUSRI, Y., SITI AZIZAH, M.N. & ALI, A.B. 2004. The fish fauna of Pantai<br />
Acheh Forest Reserve in Penang, Malaysia: species composition, local distribution and<br />
inter-site relationship. Journal of Bioscience 15(1): 49–61.<br />
AHMAD, A. & SAMAT, A. 2005. Additional records of the freshwater fishes of Perlis State<br />
Park, Peninsular Malaysia. Malayan Nature Journal 57(3): 327–343.<br />
AHMAD, A., MAZLAN, A.G., SYED AHMAD RIZAL, T.N., ABD. RAHMAN, A.R.,<br />
JAMIL, M., JACQUELINE, L., & ABDULLAH, S. 2005. Freshwater fishes of Sungai<br />
Bebar and adjacent areas. Pp. 145–148 in Summary Findings PSF Technical Series No. 4.<br />
Peat Swamp Forest Project. UNDP, GEF, Pahang Forestry Department & Universiti<br />
Kebangsaan Malaysia.<br />
ALFRED, E.R. 1963. Notes on a collection of freshwater fishes from Penang. Bulletin of the<br />
National Museum 32: 143–156.<br />
CHIN, P.K. 1990. The freshwater fishes of North Borneo. 47 pp. in Inger, R.F. & Chin, P.K.<br />
The Freshwater Fishes of North Borneo. Sabah Zoological Society, Sabah.<br />
CHIN, P.K. & SAMAT, A. 1992. A new species of loach, Nemacheilus elegentissimus (family<br />
Balitoridae, subfamily Nemacheilinae) from Danum Valley, Sabah. Malay. Nat. J. 46:<br />
25–33.<br />
CHIN, P.K. & SAMAT, A. 1995. Freshwater fishes of Danum Valley, Sabah. Sabah Soc. J.<br />
12: 17–46.<br />
88
Change language