Fish Species Diversity in Ban-Kumphae Forest Ban-Nilum Forest and Kaun Kreng Peat Swamp Forest National forest, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province

Abstract

The study on fish species diversity in Ban-Kumphae forest Ban-Nilum forest and Kaun Kreng peat swamp forest national forest, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province. Which collected all fish specimens from folkish fisherman during October 2011-September 2012, found 21 fish species 12 families that almost in the group of moderate size with economically significant species. The most species in this area were Cyprinidae Family, 6 species (Barbonymus goninotus, Hampala macrolepidota, Osteochilus hasselti, Osteochilus melanopleura, Cyclocheilichthys apogon and Systomus orphoides) and another family found were Channidae (3 species), Bagaridae and Osphronemidae (2 species) and another family were 8 family. The Shannon weiner’s diversity index and evenness index were 2.162 and 0.710 respectively.