Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences1028-88801812-5735Asian Network for Scientific Information10.3923/pjbs.2003.65.69ChampasriT. 1200361The present study was carried out to investigate some ecological aspects and available
fish species of the Phrom River, Chaiyaphume Province, Thailand. The work consisted
of ecological survey of the topography of the Phrom basin, some water properties and
also the existing fish species of the Phrom River. The results showed that the Phrom
basin consisted of different valleys of the mountains with different first and second
streams where they flew down to the Phrom River. The Phrom River has its spiral shape
where some numbers of islets have been formed along with some small ponds of stagnant
water. The results on water properties of the Phrom River revealed that water pH,
conductivity (µScm‾1), temperature (oC), total alkalinity (mg CaCO3), total hardness mg
(CaCO3L‾1), and the dissolved oxygen (DO mg L‾1) values were ranging from 7.02 -
7.54, 62.37-74.17, 29.62-30.27, 25.78-30.35, 30.85-31.51 and 6.87-7.41, respectively.
There were 13 fish families with 37 species. The Cyprinidae family has two subfamilies
with the majority of 17 species. The Phrom River has 12 important economic fish
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