Z.A. Muchlisin, M.N. Siti Azizah
The objective of the present study was to evaluate the diversity of freshwater fish and its distribution and to establish an inventory of the freshwater fish fauna in Aceh water. Sampling was done in five regions of NAD at 17 sites. Explorative research was conducted from January to June 2008 by investigating rivers based on information by local residents. Sampling was carried out in both lotic and lentic ecosystems. A total of 711 fishes belonging to 114 species, 69 genera, 41 families and 12 orders. Five families were distributed widely and observed in all the five regions i.e., Anguillidae, Clariidae, Cyprinidae, Anabantidae and Channidae. Sixteen families were found in only a single site. The diversity index of fishes in Aceh water ranged from 1.31 to 3.41 with an average of 2.17 indicating moderate values. The highest diversity was found in Lembang River of Aceh Selatan, while regionally, the North and south regions were higher but not significantly different from the West region. Highest similarity was found between Simpang dam and Sibreh irrigation canal of Sibreh. The similarity index between West and North region were relatively higher compared to other regional comparisons. © 2009 Academic Journals Inc.
Faculty of Sciences, Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh, Indonesia; School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia; Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
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