Abstract
The present study describes the meristic, morphometric and Length Weight Relationship (LWR) of tropical silverside, Atherinomorus duodecimalis (Atheriniformes: Atherinidae) an important fishery in the Sea grass and mangrove habitat of Tinggi Island, Johor, Malaysia. A series of sampling survey was conducted in seagrass and mangrove habitats of Tinggi Island, using beach seine net. A total of 94 specimens (3.7-10.3 cm TL) used in this study. The results showed that meristic and morphometric features of the fish studied agreed well with a description of the holotype specimen MNHN A. 4382 and other silverside specimens. The only exception was observed in the upper jaw length and eye diameter as a percentage of head length. The allometric coefficient h' of the length weight relationship indicated negative allometric growth (b<3.0) in seagrass habitat and positive allometric growth (b>3.0) in mangrove habitat. To the best knowledge of the authors, this study presented the first reference on LWR for this species from Johor waters, Malaysia.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 921-927 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Asian Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
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Keywords
- Atherinomorus duodecimalis
- Coastal waters
- Habitat
- Mangrove
- Population growth
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- veterinary(all)
- Animal Science and Zoology
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Meristic, morphometrics and Length-Weight Relationship of tropical silverside, Atherinomorus duodecimalis (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1835) in seagrass and mangrove habitats of Tinggi Island, Johor, Malaysia. / Abd. Ghaffar, Mazlan; Chung, Y. S.; Che Cob, Zaidi; Samat, Abdullah; Arshad, A.; Seah, Y. G.; Alam, Gazi Mahabubul; Das, Simon Kumar.
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T1 - Meristic, morphometrics and Length-Weight Relationship of tropical silverside, Atherinomorus duodecimalis (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1835) in seagrass and mangrove habitats of Tinggi Island, Johor, Malaysia
AU - Abd. Ghaffar, Mazlan
AU - Chung, Y. S.
AU - Che Cob, Zaidi
AU - Samat, Abdullah
AU - Arshad, A.
AU - Seah, Y. G.
AU - Alam, Gazi Mahabubul
AU - Das, Simon Kumar
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - The present study describes the meristic, morphometric and Length Weight Relationship (LWR) of tropical silverside, Atherinomorus duodecimalis (Atheriniformes: Atherinidae) an important fishery in the Sea grass and mangrove habitat of Tinggi Island, Johor, Malaysia. A series of sampling survey was conducted in seagrass and mangrove habitats of Tinggi Island, using beach seine net. A total of 94 specimens (3.7-10.3 cm TL) used in this study. The results showed that meristic and morphometric features of the fish studied agreed well with a description of the holotype specimen MNHN A. 4382 and other silverside specimens. The only exception was observed in the upper jaw length and eye diameter as a percentage of head length. The allometric coefficient h' of the length weight relationship indicated negative allometric growth (b<3.0) in seagrass habitat and positive allometric growth (b>3.0) in mangrove habitat. To the best knowledge of the authors, this study presented the first reference on LWR for this species from Johor waters, Malaysia.
AB - The present study describes the meristic, morphometric and Length Weight Relationship (LWR) of tropical silverside, Atherinomorus duodecimalis (Atheriniformes: Atherinidae) an important fishery in the Sea grass and mangrove habitat of Tinggi Island, Johor, Malaysia. A series of sampling survey was conducted in seagrass and mangrove habitats of Tinggi Island, using beach seine net. A total of 94 specimens (3.7-10.3 cm TL) used in this study. The results showed that meristic and morphometric features of the fish studied agreed well with a description of the holotype specimen MNHN A. 4382 and other silverside specimens. The only exception was observed in the upper jaw length and eye diameter as a percentage of head length. The allometric coefficient h' of the length weight relationship indicated negative allometric growth (b<3.0) in seagrass habitat and positive allometric growth (b>3.0) in mangrove habitat. To the best knowledge of the authors, this study presented the first reference on LWR for this species from Johor waters, Malaysia.
KW - Atherinomorus duodecimalis
KW - Coastal waters
KW - Habitat
KW - Mangrove
KW - Population growth
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JO - Asian Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
JF - Asian Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
SN - 1683-9919
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