[3] The Trang River has a wide variety of aquatic life, the most common fish include catfish especially Hemibagrus filamentus and H. nemurus.
[4] Moreover, on May 18, 2021, a 70 cm (2.3 ft) long female bull shark was caught at this river in Mueang Trang District.
It was the main thoroughfare from the Andaman coast to Thung Song in Nakhon Si Thammarat and can also continue to the Tapee River, a route that leads to Bandon Bay on the Gulf of Thailand as well.
And that made Trang as the main seaport of Malay Peninsula on the Andaman coast in ancient times.
It is not related to Tha Chin River in central region in any way, though the two names share a similar-sounding root.