Urgent conservation action for the catfish Clarias sulcatus, an island endemic species in Redang Island

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The emergency

Claris sulcatus is a hyperendemic island catfish found only in fast-flowing streams on Redang Island, off the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Described only in 1999, little is known about the population size of this Critically Endangered catfish apart from the pressures they face from land development and abstraction of freshwater to support the expansion of tourist on the island. Surveys were needed to identify the species's status and then initiate emergency conservation actions, including ex situ breeding.

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AT A GLANCE

 

Organisation: Universiti Malaysia Terengganu

Country: Malaysia

Year project started: 2022

Species: Clarias sulcatus

Supported by: Fondation Segré

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