FAUNA IKAN DARI SUNGAI TENAYAN, ANAK SUNGAI SIAK, DAN RAWA DI SEKITARNYA, RIAU
Abstract: A research on fishes
in the Tenayan river and in the swamp aroundthe river has been conducted on
July to October 2008 and January to February2009. Fish samples were taken at
three sites namely in the downstream, upstreamand in the swamp around
downstream area. The fishes collected by gill-net, fishtrap and scoop-net. The
specimen was identified based on weber and De Beaufort(1913 and 1916), Nelson
(1976), Saanin (1986) dan Kottelat et al. (1993). Fishescollected are belonged
to order Cypriniformes (14 species), Siluriformes (4species),
Cyprinodontiformes (14 species) and Perciformes (10 species). Mostspecimen from
the upper stream belonged to order Cypriniformes andCyprinodontiformes, while
fishes capture in the swamp around the downstreamarea mainly belonged to order
Perciformes. Surprisingly, a new species that hasnot been collected in the
zoological museum, LIPI, Cibinong was capture in thestudy area and this fish is
identified as Esomus sp. Fishes that are present in thestream mostly
categorized as the primary family. Fish species that are abundancein the stream
are Esomus sp.
Keywords: Tenayan
river, fish collected,
new species, primary family
and abundance
Penulis: Chaidir P Pulungan
Kode Jurnal: jpperikanandd090094
