title: A dataset of fishes in and around Inle Lake, an ancient lake of Myanmar, with DNA barcoding, photo images and CT/3D models.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Inle (Inlay) Lake, an ancient lake of Southeast Asia, is located at the eastern part of Myanmar, surrounded by the Shan Mountains. Detailed information on fish fauna in and around the lake has long been unknown, although its outstanding endemism was reported a century ago.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Based on the fish specimens collected from markets, rivers, swamps, ponds and ditches around Inle Lake as well as from the lake itself from 2014 to 2016, we recorded a total of 948 occurrence data (2120 individuals), belonging to 10 orders, 19 families, 39 genera and 49 species. Amongst them, 13 species of 12 genera are endemic or nearly endemic to the lake system and 17 species of 16 genera are suggested as non-native. The data are all accessible from the document "A dataset of Inle Lake fish fauna and its distribution (http://ipt.pensoft.net/resource.do?r=inle_fish_2014-16)", as well as DNA barcoding data (mitochondrial COI) for all species being available from the DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank (Accession numbers: LC189568-LC190411). Live photographs of almost all the individuals and CT/3D model data of several specimens are also available at the graphical fish biodiversity database (http://ffish.asia/INLE2016; http://ffish.asia/INLE2016-3D). The information can benefit the clarification, public concern and conservation of the fish biodiversity in the region.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Decision Science for Sustainable Society, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kano
authors.affiliation: Department of Fishery Biology, Faculty of Fisheries, Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: Prachya
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Musikasinthorn
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Ecology and Environment, Division of Southeast Asian Area Studies, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Akihisa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iwata
authors.affiliation: Inle Lake Wildlife Sanctuary, Nature and Wildlife Conservation Division, Forest Department, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation, the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Nyaung Shwe, Myanmar.
authors.forename: Sein
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tun
authors.affiliation: Inle Lake Wildlife Sanctuary, Nature and Wildlife Conservation Division, Forest Department, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation, the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Nyaung Shwe, Myanmar.
authors.forename: Lkc
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yun
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Taunggyi University, Taunggyi, Myanmar.
authors.forename: Seint Seint
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Win
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Animal Ecology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; Osaka Museum of Natural History, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Shoko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsui
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Animal Ecology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Ryoichi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tabata
authors.affiliation: Yamashina Institute for Ornithology, Abiko, Japan.
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamasaki
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Animal Ecology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Katsutoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Watanabe
keywords: 3D model; COI; CT scan; GBIF; Inle Lake; Myanmar; Shan State; alien; endemic species; freshwater fishes; mitochondrial DNA