Chavalit Vidthayanon ( th, ชวลิต วิทยานนท์; born 1959 in
Bangkok) 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, 33,400 species of fish had been described as of Octobe ...
and senior researcher of
biodiversity of
WWF Thailand. He graduated from
Bangkok Christian College
Bangkok Christian College (BCC)( th, โรงเรียนกรุงเทพคริสเตียนวิทยาลัย) is a private boys' school in the financial district of Si Lom, Bangkok. The school has a longstanding reputation ...
and graduated in
marine biology
Marine biology is the scientific study of the biology of marine life, organisms in the sea. Given that in biology many phyla, families and genera have some species that live in the sea and others that live on land, marine biology classifies s ...
from
Kasetsart University and
Chulalongkorn University. Vidthayanon received a
Ph.D. in fishery biology from the Tokyo Fisheries University (now's
Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
, abbreviated as , is a national university in Japan. The main campus (Shinagawa Campus) is located in Minato, Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest c ...
), 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 Kittipong Jaruthanin ( th, กิตติพงษ์ จารุธาณินทร์ or spelt Kittipong Jarutanin; born 1958 in Din Daeng District, Bangkok) is a Thai nature explorer, collector, aquarist, aquarium trader and ichthyologist. ...
,
T. R. Roberts,
H. H. Ng and
Maurice Kottelat etc. He has studied and taxonomy many of the newly discovered freshwater species in the world (many were found in
Mekong Basin
The Mekong or Mekong River is a trans-boundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia. It is the world's twelfth longest river and the third longest in Asia. Its estimated length is , and it drains an area of , discharging of water annuall ...
) such as ''
Amblypharyngodon chulabhornae
''Amblypharyngodon chulabhornae'', the princess carplet, is a species of carplet in the family Cyprinidae from mainland south-east Asia.
Description
''Amblypharyngodon chulabhornae'' has 10 soft rays in the dorsal fin with 8 in the anal fin, i ...
'', ''
Himantura kittipongi'', ''
Pangasius conchophilus
''Pangasius conchophilus'' is a species of shark catfish.Roberts, Tyson R., and Chavalit Vidthayanon. "Systematic revision of the Asian catfish family Pangasiidae, with biological observations and descriptions of three new species." Proceedings o ...
'', ''
P. myanmar'', ''Pao palustris'', ''Pseudeutropius indigens'', ''
Schistura pridii
''Schistura pridii'' is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus ''Schistura''. It is found in the upper Chao Phraya basin, in streams in the Doi Chiang Dao Wildlife Sanctuary, Chiang Mai Province in Thailand. Here it inhabits to ...
'' etc. He specializing in Thai freshwater
catfishes
Catfish (or catfishes; order Siluriformes or Nematognathi) are a diverse group of ray-finned fish. Named for their prominent barbels, which resemble a cat's whiskers, catfish range in size and behavior from the three largest species alive, ...
.
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
Ichthyologists
Chavalit Vidthayanon
1959 births
Chavalit Vidthayanon