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Pubilcations & Dissertations

Decapod Crustaceans

Completed dissertations:

The tree-climbing crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Grapsidae) in mangroves in Singapore. - N. Sivasothi, 1990 Honours
A revision of the Indo Pacific genus Oreophorus Ruppell, 1830 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Leucosiidae). - C. G. S. Tan, 1991 Honours
A revision of the systematics of the southeast Asian Hymenosomatidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura). - C. T. N. Chuang, 1991 Honours
Portunid crabs of the genera Charybdis de Haan, 1833, and Thalamita Latreille, 1829 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from the Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. - D. P. C. Wee, 1992 Honours
A revision of the genus Crytopodia H. Milne-Edwards, 1834 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Parthenopidae). - W. L. Chiong, 1994 Honours
Taxonomy of the freshwater and mangrove snapping shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea: Alpheidae) of Southeast Asia. - D. C. J. Yeo, 1995 Honours
Cladistic relationships, and historical biogeography of the Parathelphusidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Gecarcinucoidea) and a synopsis of the genus Parathelphusa H. Milne Edwards, 1853, with descriptions of three new species. - O. K. S. Chia, 1996 Honours
A Revision of the freshwater crabs of Sri Lanka (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Parathelphusidae). - F. Tay, 1997 Honours
Revision of the spider crabs of the genus Paratymolus with a synopsis of the Malayan species of Doclea and Hyastenus (Crustacea: Brachyura: Majidae). - L. W. Loh, 1997 Honours
A revision of the family Camptandriidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura), with notes on their ecology. - C. G. S. Tan, 1997 M.Sc.
A revision of the family Eumedonidae, Dana, 1853 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Xanthoidea). - D. G. B. Chia, 1998 M.Sc.

Decapod Crustaceans

Ongoing dissertations:

The feeding ecology of mangrove crabs of the genus Episesarma and allies (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Grapsidae). - N. Sivasothi, PhD
Systematic Revision of the freshwater crabs of Indo-China (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura). - D. C. J. Yeo, PhD
Revision of the freshwater prawns of the genus Macrobrachium from Western Indonesia. - D. Wowor, PhD
Taxonomy and natural history of "Trilobite larvae", genus Duliticola and Platerodrillus (Coleoptera: Cycidae). - A. T. C. Wong, M.Sc.
Systematic revision of the freshwater shrimps of the genus Macrobrachium of China and continental Southeast Asia. - Y. Cai, M.Sc.
Historical biogeography of the Gecarcinucoidea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura). - O. S. K. Chia, M.Sc.
The Brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda) of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. - S. H. Tan, M.Sc.
Revision of the Varuninae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Grapsidae). - N. K. Ng, M.Sc.
Revision of the families Eriphiidae and Carpiliidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura). - S. K. Koon, 1998 Honours

Decapod Crustaceans

Selected Publications:

Chiong, W. L. & P. K. L. Ng, 1998. A revision of the buckler crabs of the genus Cryptopodia H. Milne Edwards, 1834 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Parthenopidae). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Singapore, 46(2): 157-216.
Jeffries, W. B., H. K. Voris & C. M. Yang, 1989. A new mechanism of host colonization: Pedunculate barnacles of the genus Octolasmis on the mangrove crab Scylla serrata. Ophelia, 31(1): 51-58.
Ng, P. K. L. & C. T. N. Chuang, 1996. The Hymenosomatidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) of Southeast Asia, with notes on other species. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Singapore, Supplement 3, 82 pp.
Ng, P. K. L. & J.-F. Huang, 1997. Unrecorded crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from Taiwan and Tungsha Islands, with description of a new genus and species of Xanthidae. Zoological Studies, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 36(4): 261-276.
Ng, P. K. L. & P. Naiyanetr, 1993. New and recently described freshwater crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamidae, Gecarcinucidae and Parathelphusidae) from Thailand. Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden, 284: 1-117, figs. 1-68.
Tan, C. G. S. & P. K. L. Ng, 1996. A revision of the Indo-Pacific genus Oreophorus Rüppell, 1830 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Leucosiidae). In: Les fonds meubles des lagons de Nouvelle-Calédonie (Sédimentologie, Benthos), ed. Richer de Forges, B. Etudes & Thèses, Volume 2, ORSTOM, Paris, pp. 101-205, pls. 1-16.
Wee, D. P. C. & P. K. L. Ng, 1995. Swimming crabs of the genera Charybdis De Haan, 1833, and Thalamita Latreille, 1829 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Portunidae) from Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Singapore, Supplement 1, 128 pp.
Yeo, D. C. J. & P. K. L. Ng, 1997. The alpheid shrimp genus Potamalpheops Powell, 1979 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea: Alpheidae) from Southeast Asia, with descriptions of three new species. Journal of Natural History, London, 31: 163-190.

Aquatic Hemiptera and Coleoptera

Selected Publications:

Balke M., L. Hendrich & C. M. Yang, 1997. Updating the Southeast Asian Neptosternus Sharp fauna (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Singapore, 45(2): 369-374.
Kovac, D. & C. M. Yang, 1995. A new species of Emesopsis Uhler, 1893 (Insecta: Hemiptera: Reduviidae) from Peninsular Malaysia, with notes on its biology. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Singapore, 43(2): 453-462.
Yang, C. M., 1991. Insects. In: A guide to Freshwater life in Singapore. Singapore Science Centre. Pp. 74-113.
Yang, C. M. & D. Kovac, 1995. A collection of aquatic and semi-aquatic bugs (Insecta: Hemiptera: Gerromorpha and Nepomorpha) from Temengor Forest Reserve, Hulu Perak, Malaysia. Malayan Nature Journal, Kuala Lumpur, 48: 287-295.
Yang, C. M., H. K. Lua & C. Y. Chang, 1994. Ona collection of aquatic and semiaquatic bugs (Insecta: Hemiptera) from the Kinabatangan basin of Sabah, Malaysia. Sabah Museum Journal, 1(2): 93-101.
Yang, C. M. & D. A. Polhemus, 1994. Notes on Rhagovelia Mayr (Hemiptera: Veliidae) from Singapore, with description of a new species. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Singapore, 42(4): 987-993.

Freshwater Fish

Completed dissertations:

Blackwater fish of the north Selangor peat swamp forest. - J. B. Tay, Honours 1991
Feeding Ecology of Anabantoid Fishes of the north Selangor peat swamp forest. - S. L. Chung, MSc. 1998
Molecular and morphological systematics of the family Channidae in Southeast Asia. - J. P. J. Lee, PhD 1998
Ecology of freshwater halfbeaks of the genera Dermogenys and Hemirhamphodon (Teleostei: Hemiramphidae) in the Central Catchment area, Singapore. - L. J. Lim, Honours 1994
Taxonomy of the fighting fishes of the genus Betta (Teleostei: Belontiidae) of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. - H. H. Tan, Honours 1995
Taxonomy of the genus Silurichthys (Teleostei: Siluridae) in Sundaland. - H. H. Ng, Honours 1996

Freshwater Fish

Ongoing dissertations:

A systematic revision of the catfishes of the genus Hemibagrus (Teleostei: Bagridae). - H. H. Ng, MSc.
Freshwater fishes of the Batang Hari Basin, central Sumatra. - H. H. Tan, MSc.
Systematics of the catfishes of the genus Leiocassis (Teleostei: Bagridae) and related genera. - K. K. P. Lim, MSc.
The ecology of the earthworm eel, Chendol keelini (Teleostei: Chaudhuriidae). - R. Kerle, MSc.

Freshwater Fish

Selected Publications:

Dodson, J. J., F. Colombani & P. K. L. Ng, 1995. Phylogeographic structure in mitochondrial DNA of a South-east Asian freshwater fish, Hemibagrus nemurus (Siluroidei; Bagridae) and Pleistocene sea-level changes on the Sunda shelf. Molecular Ecology, 4: 331-346.
Kottelat M. & K. K. P. Lim, 1993. A review of the eel-loaches of the genus Pangio (Teleostei: Cobitidae) from the Malay Peninsula, with descriptions of six new species. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Singapore, 41(2): 203-249.
Kottelat, M. & K. K. P. Lim, 1995. Freshwater fishes of Sarawak and Brunei Darussalam: a preliminary annotated checklist. Sarawak Museum Journal, Kuching, 48(69): 227-256.
Lim, K. K. P., P. K. L. Ng, M. Kottelat & M. Zakaria-Ismail, 1993. A preliminary working list of native freshwater fishes of Peninsular Malaysia. Asian Wetland Bureau, Institute of Advanced Studies and World Wide Fund for Nature, Fish Project Series 5, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), ii+10 pp.
Ng, H. H. & K. K. P. Lim, 1995. A revision of the Southeast Asian catfish genus Parakysis (Teleostei; Akysidae), with descriptions of two new species. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Munich, 6 (3): 255-266.
Ng, H. H. & P. K. L. Ng, 1998. A revision of the Southeast Asian catfish genus Silurichthys. Journal of Fish Biology, 52(2): 291-333.
Ng, P. K. L. & K. K. P. Lim, 1993. The Southeast Asian catfish genus Encheloclarias (Teleostei: Clariidae), with descriptions of four new species. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Munich, 4(1): 21-37.
Tan, H. H. & M. Kottelat, 1998. Two new species of Betta (teleostei: Osphronemidae) from the Kapuas Basin, Kalimantan Barat, Borneo. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Singapore, 46(1): 41-51.

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