A dataset of Inle Lake fish fauna and its distribution

Yuichi Kano1,  Prachya Musikasinthorn2,  Akihisa Iwata3,  Sein Tun4, LKC Yun4,  Seint Win5, Shoko Matsui3, Ryoichi Tabata3,  Takeshi Yamasaki6, Katsutoshi Watanabe3

1 Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, 8190395, Fukuoka-shi, Japan; 2 Kasetsart University, , Thailand; 3 Kyoto University, , Japan; 4 Forest Department, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation, the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, , Myanmar; 5 Taunggyi University, , Myanmar; 6 Yamashina Institute for Ornithology, , Japan

Corresponding author(s): Yuichi Kano (kano@species.jp)

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Resource Citation

Kano Y (2016): A dataset of Inle Lake fish fauna and its distribution. v1.5. ZooKeys. Dataset/Occurrence. http://ipt.pensoft.net/resource?r=inle_fish_2014-16&v=1.5

Abstract

Inle Lake is located on the Southwestern part of Shan State, which is easternmost state in Myanmar (Burma). The lake is surrounded by Shan Hills, by which the lake and neighboring aquatic habitats has been historically isolated and thus harboring several endemic fish species. These aquatic environments and local markets were where the surveys were carried out.

Keywords: Myanmar, Burma, Shan State, Inle Lake, Inlay Lake, ancient lake, freshwater fishes, endemic species, alien, mitochondrial DNA, COI, CT scan, 3D model

General description

Additional information: Endemic: Celestichthys erythromicron; Channa harcourtbutleri; Cyprinus intha; Gymnostomus horai; Inlecypris auropurpureus; Macrognathus caudiocellatus; Mastacembelus oatesii; Microrasbora rubescens; Neolissochilus nigrovittatus; Petruichthys brevis; Physoschistura shanensis; Poropuntius schanicus; Sawbwa resplendens

Native (but not endemic): Anabas testudineus; Channa striata; Chaudhuria caudata; Clarias cf. batrachus; Devario kakhienensis; Garra gravelyi; Glyptothorax granosus; Glyptothorax rugimentum; Lepidocephalichthys berdmorei; Monopterus cuchia; Monopterus javanensis; Notopterus notopterus; Pethia stoliczkana; Physoschistura rivulicola; Systomus cf. rubripinnis

Non-native: Barbonymus gonionotus; Clarias gariepinus; Ctenopharyngodon idella; Cyprinus rubrofuscus; Esomus danrica; Gambusia affinis; Glossogobius cf. giuris; Heteropneustes fossilis; Labeo rohita; Oreochromis niloticus; Oryzias uwai; Parambassis lala; Parambassis ranga; Poecilia reticulata; Puntius sophore; Trichogaster labiosa; Trichopodus pectoralis

Unknown: Balitora sp.; Devario sp.; Puntius cf. sophore; Schistura sp.

Endemic species unascertained: Systomus compressiformis; Silurus burmanensis

Project details

Project title: Current status, origin and conservation of endemic fishes in an ancient lake, Inle Lake
Funding: JSPS (The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) KAKENHI Grant Number JP26304007
Study area descriptions/descriptor: Inle Lake is located on the Southwestern part of Shan State, which is the easternmost state in Myanmar. The lake is surrounded by Shan Hills, and harbors several endemic fish species. These aquatic environments and local markets were where the surveys were carried out.
Design description: This study focused on fish fauna of Inle Lake, a representative ancient lake in mainland Southeast Asia, which so far has not been investigated much for a century (Annandale 1918), and hoped to comprehend the current status. Especially, we focused on the condition of endemic species as the environments have been drastically changed (Su and Jassby 2000) and alien species recently settled in the lake (Davies et al. 2004, Oo 2010). As information about fish species of Inle Lake is quite poor, almost all the specimens were taken photos in raw condition and the photo data were deposited in an online fish database (Kano et al. 2013) (http://ffish.asia/INLE2016). CT/3D models for several specimens are also available from the database (http://ffish.asia/INLE2016-3D). The main bodies were kept for formalin samples as voucher specimens and deposited at Kasetsart University. In addition, a small piece of tissue (mainly from the right pectoral or pelvic fin) was excised, preserved in 99% alcohol and stored at Kyoto University to facilitate the study of molecular biology and genetics. The DNA sequences (mitochondrial COI) information will be deposited at the DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank (Accession numbers: ABXXXXX–ABXXXXX).

Data published through GBIF: http://ipt.pensoft.net/resource?r=inle_fish_2014-16

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Annandale (1918), Akihito and Meguro (1975), Roberts (1986), Kottelat (1990), Talwar and Jhingran (1991), Fang (1997), Roberts (1997), Musikasinthorn (1998), Roberts (1998), Kottelat and Witte (1999), Ng et al. (1999), Kottelat (2001), Fang (2003), Kottelat (2003), Roberts (2007), Ng and Kottelat (2008), Fang et al. (2009), Matsumoto et al. (2009), Britz (2010), Havird and Page (2010), Jiang et al. (2012), Kottelat (2012), Kottelat et al. (2012), Pethiyagoda et al. (2012), Kottelat (2013), Hastings et al. (2014), Ratmuangkhwang et al. (2014) and Nelson et al. (2016) were used as a taxonomic reference for this work. The coverage of this dataset includes Class Actinopterygii. The orders are Cypriniformes (26 species), Anabantiformes (5), Siluriformes (5), Synbranchiformes (5), Cyprinodontiformes (2), Perciformes (2), Beloniformes (1), Cichliformes (1), Gobiiformes (1) and Osteoglossiformes (1). The families are Cyprinidae (20), Nemacheilidae (4), Ambassidae (2), Channidae (2), Clariidae (2), Mastacembelidae (2), Osphronemidae (2), Poeciliidae (2), Sisoridae (2), Synbranchidae (2), Anabantidae (1), Adrianichthyidae (1), Balitoridae (1), Chaudhuriidae (1), Cichlidae (1), Cobitidae (1), Gobiidae (1), Heteropneustidae (1) and Notopteridae (1).
Taxonomic ranks
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Craniata
Class: Osteichthyes
Order: Anabantiformes, Beloniformes, Cichliformes, Cypriniformes, Cyprinodontiformes, Gobiiformes, Osteoglossiformes, Perciformes, Siluriformes, Synbranchiformes
Family: Anabantidae, Adrianichthyidae, Ambassidae, Balitoridae, Channidae, Chaudhuriidae, Cichlidae, Clariidae, Cobitidae, Cyprinidae, Gobiidae, Heteropneustidae, Mastacembelidae, Nemacheilidae, Notopteridae, Osphronemidae, Poeciliidae, Sisoridae, Synbranchidae
Species: Anabas testudineus (Bloch 1792), Balitora sp., Barbonymus gonionotus (Bleeker 1849), Celestichthys erythromicron (Annandale 1918), Channa harcourtbutleri (Annandale 1918), Channa striata (Bloch 1793), Chaudhuria caudata Annandale 1918, Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822), Clarias cf. batrachus (Linnaeus 1758), Ctenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes 1844), Cyprinus intha Annandale 1918, Cyprinus rubrofuscus Lacepède 1803, Devario kakhienensis (Anderson 1879), Devario sp., Esomus danrica (Hamilton 1822), Gambusia affinis (Baird & Girard 1853), Garra gravelyi (Annandale 1919), Glossogobius cf. giuris (Hamilton 1822), Glyptothorax granosus Jiang, Ng, Yang & Chen 2012, Glyptothorax rugimentum Ng & Kottelat 2008, Gymnostomus horai (Bănărescu 1986), Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch 1794), Inlecypris auropurpureus (Annandale 1918), Labeo rohita (Hamilton 1822), Lepidocephalichthys berdmorei (Blyth 1860), Macrognathus caudiocellatus (Boulenger 1893), Mastacembelus oatesii Boulenger 1893, Microrasbora rubescens Annandale 1918, Monopterus cuchia (Hamilton 1822), Monopterus javanensis Lacepède 1800, Neolissochilus nigrovittatus (Boulenger 1893), Notopterus notopterus (Pallas 1769), Oryzias uwai Roberts 1998, Parambassis lala (Hamilton 1822), Parambassis ranga (Hamilton 1822), Pethia stoliczkana (Day 1870), Petruichthys brevis (Boulenger 1893), Physoschistura rivulicola (Hora 1929), Physoschistura shanensis (Hora 1929), Poecilia reticulata Peters 1859, Poropuntius schanicus (Boulenger, 1893), Puntius sophore (Hamilton 1822), Puntius cf. sophore (Hamilton 1822), Sawbwa resplendens Annandale 1918, Schistura sp., Systomus cf. rubripinnis (Valenciennes 1842), Trichogaster labiosa Day 1877, Trichopodus pectoralis Regan 1910
Common names: Animals, Chordates, Vertebrat es and hagfishes, Bony fishes and tetrapods, Labyrinth fishes, Needlefishes, Cichlids and con vict blennies, Carps, loaches, minnows and relatives, Killifishes, Gobies, Bonytongues, Perches, Catfishes, Swamp eels, Climbing gouramies, Adrianichthyids, Asiatic glassfishes, Hillstream loaches , Snakeheads, Earthworm eels, Cichlids, Airbreathing catfishes, True loaches, Cyprinids, Gobies, Airsac catfishes, Spiny eels, Stone loaches, Knifefishes, Gouramies and fighting fishes, Livebearers, Sisorid catfishes, Swamp eels, Climbing gourami, A species of ba litorid loach, Silver barb, A species of Celestichthys minnow, Inle snakehead, Striped snakehead, Inle swamp eel, African sharptooth catfish, Walking catfish, Grass carp, Inle carp, Common carp, A species of Devario minnow, A species of Devario minnow, Flying barb, Western mosquitofish, Burmese Garra, A species of Glossogobius goby, A species of sisorid catfish, A species of sisorid catfish, A species of Gymnostomus minnow, Stinging catfish, A species of Inlecypris minnow, Rohu, A species of cobitid loach, A species of spiny eel, A species of spiny eel, Red dwarf rasbora, Gangetic mud eel, Asian swamp eel, A species of Neolissochilus barb, Bronze featherback, Nile tilapia, A species of rice fish, A species of Asiatic glassfish, A species of Asiatic glassfish, Stoliczka's barb, A species of nemacheilid loach, A species of nemacheilid loach, A species of nemacheilid loach, Guppy, A species of Poropuntius barb, Spotfin swamp barb, A species of Puntius barb, Burmese r am my n ose, A species of nemacheilid loach, A species of Systomus barb, Thick-lipped gourami, Snakeskin gourami

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Aquatic habitats around Inlay Lake in Shan State and Kayah State, Myanmar.
Coordinates: 19°39'58.79''N and 20°43'28.2''N Latitude; 96°40'59.92''E and 97°12'54.29''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: September 23, 2014 - July 2, 2016

Natural collections description

Collection name: RLIKU-IL
Specimen preservation method: Formalin
Specimen preservation method: Alcohol

Methods

Method step description: 
- . 	Sampling locality and date were recorded.
- . 	Specimens were given IDs, photographed, fin-clipped, and roughly classified on site.
- . 	Specimens were shipped back to the lab for correct species identification.
- . 	Specimens were fixed in 10% neutral buffered formalin for one month. Next, they were cleaned with water and preserved in 70% alcohol.
Study extent description: The surveys were carried out from 2014 to 2016 in aquatic environments and local markets, which were associated with Inle Lake, of Shan State and Kayah State of Myanmar.
Sampling description: The fish samples were collected and purchased at 44 wild habitats, 25 local markets, and 1 fish-cage put in the lake. In the wild, the fishes were collected by hand-nets, throwing nets, traps, and/or purchasing from fishermen. In the markets, we avoided to purchase the obvious cultured fishes from other areas (especially from Yangon and Mandalay), such as Wallago spp. and Pangasianodon hypophthalmus, by interviewing the seller.
Quality control description: All the scientific names of fish samples were validated by the updated fish checklist in the Catalogue of Fishes, California Academy of Sciences (http://www.calacademy.org/scientists/projects/catalog-of-fishes), Kottelat (2013) and/or Nelson et al. (2016). For order level classification of the family Ambassidae, we tentatively followed Hastings et al. (2014). Most of the specimens were photographed in fresh (Kano and Nakajima 2014), and then the formalin specimens and its tissue samples were catalogued and deposited at Research Laboratory of Ichthyology, Department of Fishery Biology, Faculty of Fisheries, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand (RLIKU) and Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, respectively. All the samples were assigned the IDs which were associated with the records of location (latitude, longitude, and region name), the dates, methods, accession numbers of DNA sequences, etc.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive A dataset of Inle Lake fish fauna and its distribution
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Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://ipt.pensoft.net/archive.do?r=inle_fish_2014-16
Publication date of data: 2016-11-04
Language: English
Licences of use: This work is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode">Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License</a>.

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2016-09-10
Hierarchy level: Dataset