Chitala cf. lopis (Bleeker, 1851)

Aqmal-Naser, Mohamad, Ali, Norsyafira Anis, Azmi, Nur Ummiliani, Fahmi-Ahmad, Muhammad, Rizal, Syed Ahmad & Ahmad, Amirrudin B., 2023, Freshwater fishes (Actinopterygii) of Kenyir Reservoir, Peninsular Malaysia: Updated checklist, taxonomic concerns and alien species, Biodiversity Data Journal 11, pp. 100337-100337 : 100337

Chitala cf. lopis (Bleeker, 1851)

Materials

Type status: Other material. Location: locality: Cacing River ; Event: samplingProtocol: Gill net (specimen was not taken), Literature; Cramphorn. J. (1983). Department of Fisheries (1994), Ambak. M.A., Jalal. K.C.A. (1998); year: 2017

Native status

Native species

Conservation status

NE

Notes

The distribution of Chitala lopis is restricted to Java, Indonesia ( Kottelat and Widjanarti 2005), which raises questions about the current taxonomic identity of other identified Chitala lopis outside its native distribution ranges. The species is declared extinct in Java ( Ng 2020) as it was not recorded for the past 100 years. The individuals resembling Chitala borneensis were also recorded from Peninsular Malaysia in the Endau and Terengganu River (Mohd Ilham Norhakim Lokman, pers. comm.). The identity of Chitala spp. from Peninsular Malaysia needs further taxonomic clarification based on morphology and molecular works (Fig. 2 ).

Figures

Figure 2. Chitala cf. lopis from Kenyir Reservoir.