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Description |
Indo-West Pacific: east coast of India, Bangladesh (Ref. 1479), Myanmar, Malay Archipelago (Ref. 4833), and China (Ref. 33837).
Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: The species has an Indo-West Pacific distribution. It is known from the east coast of India (Kapoor et al. 2002), the coastal waters of Bangladesh (Rahman 1989), Myanmar (Talwar and Jhingran 1991), Thailand (Monkolprasit et al. 1997), southeastern China (Li and Wang 1995) and the Malay Archipelago. It should be looked for in suitable habitat in Cambodia and Viet Nam. It has also been recorded from the South China Sea (Randall and Lim 2000).
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Bangladesh; China (Guangdong, Hainan); Hong Kong; India (Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal); Myanmar (Myanmar (mainland)); Thailand
FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Native:
Pacific – western central
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Population [top]
Population: There is no information available on the species population.
Current Population Trend: Unknown
Additional data:
?Population severely fragmented: No
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: The species occurs in estuaries and tidal rivers (Talwar and Jhingran 1991) and upstream in the mainstreams of freshwater rivers (Rahman 1989). Short distance lateral migration is possible but requires confirmation.
Systems: Freshwater; Marine
Movement patterns: Full Migrant
Use and Trade [top]
Use and Trade: Minor importance for fisheries. In the Hooghly estuary (West Bengal) the species is taken in small quantities only (Talwar and Jhingran 1991). A specialist aquarium fish.
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): Although estuaries of most rivers in the region are subject to many kinds of human disturbance (e.g. water pollution), it is not known whether these human disturbance affect the species.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: It is not known if there are any conservation measures in place.
Citation: Huckstorf, V. 2012. Brachirus pan. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T181100A1698598. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T181100A1698598.en. Downloaded on 02 February 2016.
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