Survey of Freshwater Fish in Kadamaian Area, Western Sabah

The freshwater fish fauna was surveyed in forest streams located in the Kadamaian area, Sabah during the Borneo Geographic Expedition 2019. Fish samples were obtained from six stations by electrofishing from an upstream to downstream direction. A total of four families, 12 genera, and 14 species of fish were recorded from the present study. The most dominant family was Cyprinidae (10 species; 71.43%), followed by Gastromyzontidae (2 species; 14.29%), Nemacheilidae (1 species; 7.14%), and Mastacembelidae (1 species; 7.14%). The number of species was low in upstream stations at higher altitude b... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Soo, Chen-Lin
Mahsol, Hairul Hafiz
Kuyun, Simon
Ginol, Maxwell Kwang Sing
Alliamat, Azrie
Shamsul Kamal, Nur Syafiqah
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
Verlag/Hrsg.: Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation
Universiti Malaysia Sabah
Schlagwörter: Freshwater fish / Tor tambra / Gastromyzon monticola / forest streams / Kadamaian / Sabah
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26873239
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Link(s) : https://jurcon.ums.edu.my/ojums/index.php/jtbc/article/view/3435

The freshwater fish fauna was surveyed in forest streams located in the Kadamaian area, Sabah during the Borneo Geographic Expedition 2019. Fish samples were obtained from six stations by electrofishing from an upstream to downstream direction. A total of four families, 12 genera, and 14 species of fish were recorded from the present study. The most dominant family was Cyprinidae (10 species; 71.43%), followed by Gastromyzontidae (2 species; 14.29%), Nemacheilidae (1 species; 7.14%), and Mastacembelidae (1 species; 7.14%). The number of species was low in upstream stations at higher altitude but substantially higher in downstream stations with lower altitude. Economically valuable fish, Tor tambra was found at all stations. Gastromyzon monticola which is endemic to Sabah was also recorded at most stations.