Heok Hui Tan is a
Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...
an
ichthyologist at the
Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum
The Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (LKCNHM) ( Chinese: 李光前自然历史博物馆) is a museum of natural history at the Kent Ridge Campus of the National University of Singapore. It is named after Lee Kong Chian, a prominent Chines ...
of the
National University of Singapore.
Dr. Tan's main interest lies in the systematics of
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical south-eastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of mainlan ...
n
freshwater fish
Freshwater fish are those that spend some or all of their lives in fresh water, such as rivers and lakes, with a salinity of less than 1.05%. These environments differ from marine conditions in many ways, especially the difference in levels of ...
es, encompassing
taxonomy
Taxonomy is the practice and science of categorization or classification.
A taxonomy (or taxonomical classification) is a scheme of classification, especially a hierarchical classification, in which things are organized into groups or types. ...
,
ecology
Ecology () is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere level. Ecology overl ...
and
biogeography. His primary areas of research focus on neglected and de novo
habitats such as
peat swamp forests
Peat swamp forests are tropical moist forests where waterlogged soil prevents dead leaves and wood from fully decomposing. Over time, this creates a thick layer of acidic peat. Large areas of these forests are being logged at high rates.
Peat ...
, swamp forests, and
rapids.
As of 2018, Tan has authored two species of
Osphronemidae (
Luciocephalus aura and
Betta pi).
Publications (selection)
*''The Borneo Suckers: Revision of the Torrent Loaches of Borneo (Balitoridae, Gastromyzon, Neogastromyzon)'' (Natural History Publications (Borneo): 2006)
*
Britz, R.,
Kottelat. M, &
Tan, H.H. 2011. ''Fangfangia spinicleithralis'', a new genus and species of miniature cyprinid fish from the peat swamp forests of Borneo (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). ''Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters'' 22(4): 327–335
(PDF)
Tan has (co-)authored many publications.
Also see the list of publications in the external links.
See also
*
:Taxa named by Heok Hui Tan
References
External links
Hui Tan on Freshwater and Invasion Biology Laboratory (FIB Lab)*
Living people
Taxon authorities
Singaporean ichthyologists
Year of birth missing (living people)
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