Editing Andaman Sea (section)

===Fauna===
[[File:Phantom Bannerfish - Heniochus pleurotaenia.jpg|thumb|[[Heniochus pleurotaenia|Phantom bannerfish]] (''Heniochus pleurotaenia''), [[Similan Islands]], Thailand]]
[[File:Dugong Marsa Alam.jpg|thumb|Dugong]]
[[File:Phuket fauna.jpg|thumb|Starfish, Andaman Sea]]

The sea waters along the [[Malay Peninsula]] favor molluscan growth, and there are about 280 edible fish species belonging to 75 families. Of those, 232 species (69 families) are found in mangroves and 149 species (51 families) reside in seagrass; so 101 species are common to both habitats.<ref name=Panjarat />{{RP|26}} The sea also hosts many vulnerable fauna species, including [[dugong]] (''Dugong dugon''), several dolphin species, such as [[Irrawaddy dolphin]] (''Orcaella brevirostris'') and four species of sea turtles: critically endangered [[leatherback turtle]] (''Dermochelys coriacea'') and [[hawksbill turtle]] (Eletmochelys imbricata) and threatened [[green turtle]] (''Chelonia mydas'') and [[olive ridley]] turtle (''Lepidochelys olivacea''). There are only about 150 dugongs in the Andaman Sea, scattered between [[Ranong Province|Ranong]] and [[Satun Province]]s. These species are sensitive to the degradation of seagrass meadows.<ref name=Panjarat />{{RP|8}}

Coral reefs are estimated to occupy 73,364 [[rai (area)|rai]] (117&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) in the Andaman Sea with only 6.4 percent in ideal condition.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Wipatayotin|first1=Apinya|title=Rising sea temps bring coral bleaching to Gulf|url=http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/919989/rising-sea-temps-bring-coral-bleaching-to-gulf|access-date=4 April 2016|work=Bangkok Post|date=4 April 2016}}</ref>