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Description |
Asia: northern Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand and Cambodia.
Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: This species was described from Sungei Brang, a tributary of the Terengganu River in northeastern Peninsular Malaysia (Ng and Kottelat 2000). It is recorded from the Perak River in the Malay Peninsula northwards to the Isthmus of Kra, the short coastal drainages in southeastern Thailand, and similar drainages in southwestern Cambodia. The species has often been misidentified as A. mangois—a species restricted to the Indian subcontinent—in earlier accounts.
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Cambodia; Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia); Thailand
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Population [top]
Population: There is no information available on the population and its trends for this species. However, data from surveys in its known distribution indicate that it is a moderately abundant species in the hillstreams of the area.
Current Population Trend: Unknown
Additional data:
? Continuing decline of mature individuals: Unknown
? Extreme fluctuations: Unknown ? Population severely fragmented: Unknown
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: This species inhabits rivers and streams with a moderate to swift current and a substrate of sand and rocks, and feeds on aquatic invertebrates.
Systems: Freshwater
Continuing decline in area, extent and/or quality of habitat: Unknown
Movement patterns: Unknown
Use and Trade [top]
Use and Trade: This species is not consumed for food, but is sporadically collected for the ornamental fish trade.
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): The threats to this species are unknown, since there is no information on the biology of this species and therefore the impact of potential threats (especially those of an anthropogenic nature) remains unknown. The current threats to aquatic biodiversity in all of its known distribution have also not been adequately identified.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: There is insufficient information on the distribution, biology and potential threats for this species.
Citation: Ng, H.H. 2012. Amblyceps foratum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T181117A1700411. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T181117A1700411.en. Downloaded on 18 October 2018.
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