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http://dx.doi.org/10.11626/KJEB.2015.33.3.314

Fish Fauna in the Seomjin River, Korea  

Park, Se Kwon (Department of Biological Sciences, Seonam University)
Joo, Hyun Soo (Department of Biological Sciences, Seonam University)
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Korean Journal of Environmental Biology / v.33, no.3, 2015 , pp. 314-329 More about this Journal
Abstract
The fish fauna was investigated from 2010 and 2013 at main stream and tributaries in the Seomjin River which has no estuary dike. The collected fishes were identified into 37,751 individuals of 107 species of 81 genera belonging to 41 families. Among the collected fishes the primary freshwater fishes were 57 species (Relative Abundance: 53.3%), the secondary fishes were 10 species (RA: 9.3%) and the marine fishes were 40 species (RA: 37.4%). The dominant species was Zacco platypus (RA: 28.7%), and the subdominant species was Zacco koreanus (RA: 15.0%). The endemic species were 21 species (RA: 31.3%). The endangered fishes were Acheilognathus somjinensis (Level I), Lampetra reissneri (Level II) and Microphysogobio koreensis (Level II). The exotic species were Carassius cuvieri, Lepomis macrochirus and Micropterus salmoides. We supposed that Odontobutis interrupta in the Seomjin River is translocated species.
Keywords
Seomjin River; fish fauna; endemic species;
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