Diversity of Freshwater Fish in the Sai Buri River: Around the Watershed Community of Ban Chulabhorn Phatthana 12, Sukhirin District, Narathiwat Province
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Banchulabhorn Pattana 12, Freshwater fish, Saiburi basinAbstract
Ban Chulabhorn Phatthana 12, Moo 13, Sookhirin Subdistrict, Sukhirin District, Narathiwat Province, is approximately 121 meters above sea level. It is the source community of the Sai Buri River, with the river originating from the Sankalakiri mountain range in Sukhirin and Sri Sakhon Districts, Narathiwat Province. The river flows through Yala Province and empties into the lower Gulf of Thailand in Sai Buri District, Pattani Province. The river is approximately 180 kilometers long. Freshwater fish are economically important in the region, providing easily accessible protein and serving as indicators of community degradation and water health. A study was conducted on the diversity of freshwater fish in the Sai Buri River: around the watershed community of Ban Chulabhorn Phatthana 12, Sukhirin District, Narathiwat Province. Fish samples were collected randomly from Ai Tu ngo Canal and Ai Ta ko Canal using a 1.5-millimeter mesh seine, every two months between December 2017 to November 2018. The study found a total of 1,129 fish individuals belonging to 17 families and 49 species. The most dominant family was Cyprinidae, with 21 species (79.19%). Bagridae was the second most abundant family with 5 species. The Shannon-Wiener diversity index was 2.84, the evenness index was 0.73, and the richness index was 6.83. The fish species with the highest relative abundance was Ceratogarra cambodgiensis, with a relative abundance of 21.43%. Regarding the frequency of occurrence, 12 species were rare, 24 were moderately common, 9 were common, and 4 were very common. December and March had the highest species richness, with 27 species each. Only 10 fish species were common to both this and a previous study. The freshwater ecosystem is economically significant, but it faces threats from various human activities and development to meet increasing human demands. Such disturbances have direct and indirect impacts on the biodiversity of the freshwater ecosystem, including the fish resources of the upstream areas, which are challenging to avoid.
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