Fields survey of freshwater fishes in Upper Moei River, Salween Basin, frontier of Thailand and Myanmar

摘要

The present paper reports on a field survey in Upper Moei River, at Phop Phra District, TakProvince, Northwest Thailand, carried out in January and June 2010. Specimens encounteredbelong to 5 orders, 8 families and 20 species of freshwater fishes. In particular, Schisturawaltoni, S. vinciguerrae, Lepidocephalichthys micropogon, Neonoemacheilus labeosus andGagata dolichonema are new records for Moei River; two species remain not fully identifiedand, at the moment are reported as Devario sp. and Channa cf. gachua. The Thai local namesand distribution data of freshwater fishes are provided.