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Saba, Abdulwakil Olawale and Rasli, Nor Fariza and Ismail, Ahmad and Zulkifli, Syaizwan Zahmir and A. Ghani, Intan Faraha and Muhammad Rasul, Abdullah Halim and Amal, Mohammad Noor Azmai
(2020)
A report on introduced Amazon sailfin catfish, Pterygoplichthys pardalis in Gombak Basin, Selangor, with notes on two body patterns of the species.
Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science, 43 (4).
pp. 693-703.
ISSN 1511-3701; ESSN: 2231-8542
Abstract
Invasive introduced fish species are well known for their deleterious impacts on aquatic biodiversity and environment. This study provides the first report on the occurrence of introduced Amazon sailfin catfish, Pterygoplichthys pardalis from the Gombak basin, Selangor, Malaysia, where the suckermouth catfish, Hypostomus
plecostomus and vermiculated sailfin catfish, Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus had been previously reported. Besides, selected morphometric and meristic measurements between P. pardalis and P. disjunctivus from the Pusu River, Gombak basin were compared. Moreover, we also described two body patterns of the P. pardalis collected from the river. The body pattern which does not fit entirely with the known characteristics of P. pardalis or P. disjunctivus is suspected to be a result of hybridization between both species, but deeper study should be conducted to confirm this claim.
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