Chavalit Vidthayanon (; born 1959 in
Bangkok
Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estim ...
) is a Thai
ichthyologist
Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish, including bony fish (Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes), and jawless fish (Agnatha). According to FishBase, 35,800 species of fish had been described as of March 2 ...
and senior researcher of
biodiversity
Biodiversity is the variability of life, life on Earth. It can be measured on various levels. There is for example genetic variability, species diversity, ecosystem diversity and Phylogenetics, phylogenetic diversity. Diversity is not distribut ...
of
WWF Thailand. He graduated from
Bangkok Christian College and graduated in
marine biology
Marine biology is the scientific study of the biology of marine life, organisms that inhabit the sea. Given that in biology many scientific classification, phyla, family (biology), families and genera have some species that live in the sea and ...
from
Kasetsart University and
Chulalongkorn University
Chulalongkorn University (CU; ; , ) is a public university, public Autonomous university, autonomous research university in Bangkok, Thailand. The university was originally founded during King Chulalongkorn's reign as a school for training ro ...
. Vidthayanon received a
Ph.D. in fishery biology from the
Tokyo Fisheries University (present-day
Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology), Japan.
He has been working on aquatic biodiversity studies in Southeast Asia since 1983. He has worked with leading ichthyologists both Thais and foreigners such as
Kittipong Jaruthanin,
T. R. Roberts,
H. H. Ng and
Maurice Kottelat
Maurice Kottelat (born 16 July 1957 in Delémont, Switzerland[C ...](_blank)
etc. He has studied and taxonomy many of the newly discovered freshwater species in the world (many were found in
Mekong Basin) such as ''
Amblypharyngodon chulabhornae'', ''
Himantura kittipongi'', ''
Pangasius conchophilus'', ''
P. myanmar'', ''
Pao palustris'', ''Pseudeutropius indigens'', ''
Schistura pridii'' etc. He specializing in Thai freshwater
catfish
Catfish (or catfishes; order (biology), order Siluriformes or Nematognathi) are a diverse group of ray-finned fish. Catfish are common name, named for their prominent barbel (anatomy), barbels, which resemble a cat's whiskers, though not ...
.
In addition, he is also an instructor on zoology and ichthyology at several educational institutions in Thailand such as Chulalongkorn University, Kasetsart University or
Mahasarakham University etc.
See also
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:Taxa named by Chavalit Vidthayanon
References
External links
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Living people
Taxon authorities
Chavalit Vidthayanon
Chavalit Vidthayanon
1959 births
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Chavalit Vidthayanon