Sri Lanka is home to a total of 111 ornamental fish species living in fresh, brackish and marine water habitats, which makes the country one of the most sought-after aquarium fish exporter destinations to the world. The ornamental fish industry in Sri Lanka has a history of nearly 100 years...
Eight freshwater fish species are considered endangered and a further five, vulnerable. Three species are rare, 18 common and 13 abundant. All but two of the endangered species and all the vulnerable species are endemic in Sri Lanka. Nine species are each restricted to only one drainage basin,...
freshwater fishIndiaspecies delimitationThe diversity of the freshwater-fish genusRasbora(Cyprinidae) on Sri Lanka (five species) is high compared with the four species reported from the peninsula of India, from which the island's cyprinid fauna is derived. The paucity of characters by which ...
More recently some major contributions have been made to the systematics of Monogenea of freshwater fishes of Sri Lanka (Gussev 1963), India (Gussev 1976) and Malaysia (Lim 1979). The present account is a brief report on the Monogenea recorded from freshwater fishes in Sri Lanka. Page %P ...
Rohan Pe- thiyagoda, Wildlife Heritage Trust in Sri Lanka and Dr. Sorin Stefanut, Institute of Biology Bucharest, Romanian Academy, Romania for providing the original description of many species of Laubuca genus. Finally we are grateful to all partners for their support. REFERENCES Bănărescu...
Richness of freshwater species is highest in the tropics, with concentrations in the Amazon basin in South America; western, central and eastern Africa; and tropical Asia from southern India and Sri Lanka through Sundaland to coastal New Guinea (Extended Data Fig.2a). Outside of the tropics, ...
The argus fish is also scene und in streams or estuary in Australia, Japan, Sri Lanka, Africa, and New Guinea. –Body Form They are large, appear roundish, and have a tiny slanted head region. Their dorsal fin is parallel to the lateral line. It has a condensed body profile, and the...
H. S., Association of Aeromonas hydrophila with epizootic ulcerative syndrome (EUS) of freshwater fish in Sri Lanka, Journal of Applied Ichthyology, Vol. 10, No. 2-3, 1994, pp. 204-208.Pathiratne, A. , Widanapathirana, G.S. and Chandrakanthi, W.H.S. ( 1994 ) Association of ...
freshwater fishIndiaspecies delimitationThe diversity of the freshwater-fish genusRasbora(Cyprinidae) on Sri Lanka (five species) is high compared with the four species reported from the peninsula of India, from which the island's cyprinid fauna is derived. The paucity of characters by which ...
Guegan B. Hugueny (1995) Global patterns of fish species richness in rivers Ecography 18 345–352 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1995.tb00137.x Article Google Scholar R. Pethiyagoda (1994) Treats to indigenous freshwater fishes of Sri Lanka and remarks on their conservation Hydrobiologia 285 189–201...