Meadia minor sp. nov., a scaless ilyophine eel, is described on the basis of 10 specimens collected from off Quy Nhon, central coast of Vietnam. It can be distinguished from its congeners in having a relatively long trunk ...

A new snake eel, Ophichthus longicorpus, is described from 13 specimens from Lương Sơn, Nha Trang, Vietnam. It is distinguished by having dorsal-fin origin situated at 4.4‒6.7 pectoral-fin length behind head; anus situated ...

A new species of the copepod genus Tortanus, subgenus Atortus, is described from the coastal waters of Nha Trang, Vietnam. The new species is assigned to the tropicus species group sensu Othman (1987) and distinguished ...

The Province of Khanh Hoa, Vietnam, is located in the western South China Sea and boasts a shoreline of 385 km and many islands. Previous studies have indicated the extreme diversity and abundance of coral reefs in its ...

The Longhead Eagle Ray (Aetobatus flagellum) is a medium-sized (to 90 cm disc width) ray that occurs throughout the Indian and Western Central Pacific Oceans from the Arabian/Persian Gulf to Myanmar and in the waters ...

The genus Halophila shows the highest species diversity within the seagrass genera. Southeast Asian countries where several boundary lines exist were considered as the origin of seagrasses. We hypothesize that the boundary ...

Bacteria associated with invertebrates are considered as good sources for biologically active compounds. Sponge-derived bacteria were screened for antimicrobial activities, the presence of the cluster genes of polyketide ...

Mangrove forests have plaid an important role for economic development, protection of environment and natural biodiversity in coastal regions. However, in recent years, mangrove forests in Mekong Delta in general and in ...

Primary production (PP) of phytoplankton plays an essential role in food web dynamics, biogeochemical cycles and marine fisheries. It is used as one of the basic information for evaluating marine ecosystems. In this ...

The Coral Catshark (Atelomycterus marmoratus) is a small (to 70 cm total length) shark that occurs in the Eastern and Western Indian, Western Central Pacific, and Northwest Pacific Oceans from Pakistan to China. It inhabits ...