Ichthyofauna of Tripa Peat Swamp Forest, Aceh province, Indonesia

By

Muchlisin, Zainal Abidin
Akyun, Qurrata
Rizka, Satria
Fadli, Nur
Sugianto, Sugianto
Halim, Agus
Siti-Azizah, Mohd N.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015-2-1

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

11

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

1560--9

Subjects

Aceh Barat Daya , fish biodiversity , Nagan Raya , peat swamp , Sumatra

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/11.2.1560

 

Abstract

The Tripa Peat Swamp Forest (TPSF) suffers from deforestation due to agriculture, this habitat degradation potentially has a negative impact on fish biodiversity and community assemblages. The objective of this study was to develop an inventory of the fish fauna, evaluate the spatial variation in assemblage structure, document alien species, and quantify the economic value of fish species found from the area. Fish assemblages from the main rivers and tributaries of TPSF were sampled on May to June 2013. A total of 764 individuals were sampled during the survey, constituting 34 families, 47 genera, and 73 species where 46 species are categorized as fish consumption, 17 have potential for aquaculture, and 10 species have potential for ornamental, and three are non native. Cyprinidae is the predominant fish family within the TPSF. Fish assemblages were generally characterized by small population size for each species and low similarity among sites, reflecting the distinctive nature of each sampling site.