Peripheral fishes in the Estuary of Simeulue Island, Indonesia

[摘要] The objective of the present study was to inventory of peripheral water fishes were conducted in several estuaries of Simeulue Island, Aceh Province, Indonesia. The sampling was done at seven river mouths in August 2017 and May 2018. The fish samples were collected using fishhooks, casting net and gill net. The sampled fishes were taxonomic identified based on several references at the Laboratory of Ichthyology, Faculty of Marine and Fisheries, Syiah Kuala University. The results showed that there were 356 individual of fishes were recorded during the survey, its belong to 10 orders, 25 families, 41 genera and 52 species. The Perciformes was a predominant with a total of 15 families, 27 genera and 35 species. Furthermore, Gobiidae was predominant with the highest number of genera and species (7 genera and 10 species), followed by Eleotridae (4 genera and 4 species), Mugilidae (3 genera and 4 species), and Carangidae (3 genera and 4 species).

[发布机构] Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Marine and Fisheries, Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh; 23111, Indonesia^1;Doctorate Program of Mathematics and Applied Sciences, Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh; 23111, Indonesia^2

[效力级别] 农业科学

[关键词] Fish samples;Gobiidae;Indonesia;Mugilidae;River mouths