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• Marine diversity and ecology
♦ Birds
Mailing address:
Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research
Department of Biological Sciences
Faculty of Science
National University of Singapore
6 Science Drive 2
Blk S6, #03-01
Singapore 117546
REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE
Tel: +65-6516-5082
Fax: +65-6774-8101
Contact Webmaster
 Inspiration of the fish group... the Chinese characters here mean prosperity year after year |
The freshwater fish research program is focused on Southeast Asia, with emphasis on catfishes, fighting fishes and the fauna of peat swamps. The research from these areas has thus far, been the most productive. The freshwater fish is helped substantially by the ZRC's honorary research associate, M. Kottelat. |
There are currently one academic staff (Dr P. K. L. Ng) and four MSc students working on the systematics of fishes. One PhD, one MSc and four Honours students in ichthyology have graduated on the basis of work on freshwater fishes over the last 10 years.
 The knight goby, Stigmatogobiussadanundio, a pretty aquarium fish species commonly found in estuarine habitats |
 The slender rasbora, Rasbora subtilis, from Sumatra |
 The freshwater puffer fish, Tetraodon palembangensis, shortly after being caught by fishermen for food |
 A puffed up freshwater puffer fish |
 The infamous eel-loach, Pangio semicincta, a "bread and butter" species for the aquarium trade |
 The rarely seen fire-eyed loach, Barbucca diabolica |
The fish program is extremely active, and at the moment involves ongoing collaborations with:
An interesting article on snakeheads by Prof Peter Ng and Mr Kelvin Lim has been published on the web at http://www.snakeheads.org. The article Snakeheads (Pisces: Channidae): Natural History, Biology and economic Importance was first published in: Essays in Zoology, papers commemorating the 40th of the Department of Zoology, National University of Singapore, Singapore by Chou, L.M.and P.K.L. Ng (eds.) 1990, pp. 127-152.
