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Marine Biodiversity in the Gulf of Thailand

This guide was started in order to give some information about the marine biodiversity in the gulf of Thailand. Increasingly, the region has to cope with effects of climate change, tourism, industrialization and agriculture.

Jacks and pompanos 1
Carangidae
Whale shark 2
Rhincodon typus
Blacktip grouper 3
Epinephelus fasciatus
Indo-Pacific humpbacked dolphin 4
Sousa chinensis
Bluespotted Stingray 5
Neotrygon kuhlii
Giant Moray 5
Gymnothorax javanicus
Moon Wrasse 6
Thalassoma lunare
Roundface Batfish 7
Platax teira
Bluering Angelfish
Pomacanthus annularis
Chaetodon wiebeli 7
Chromis fumea 3
Leatherback Sea Turtle 8
Dermochelys coriacea
Green Turtle 9
Chelonia mydas
Hawksbill Sea Turtle 10
Eretmochelys imbricata
Pacific Ridley 11
Lepidochelys olivacea
Yellowback Fusilier 12
Caesio xanthonota
Blue-barred Parrotfish 13
Scarus ghobban
Barracudas 14
Sphyraena
Ternate Chromis 15
Chromis ternatensis
Pennant Coralfish 16
Heniochus acuminatus
Sargocentron rubrum 15
Indo-Pacific Sergeant Major 10
Abudefduf vaigiensis
yellowspotted trevally 17
Carangoides fulvoguttatus
Scissor-tailed Fusilier 5
Caesio caerulaurea
Blue-barred Parrotfish 13
Scarus ghobban
Titan Triggerfish 18
Balistoides viridescens

Edited by Philipp Montazem, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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