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Species Composition and Seasonal Variation of Fish by SCUBA Observation in the Coastal Water off Tongyeong, Korea  

Lee, Gang-Min (Marine Bio-Education and Research Center, The Institute of Marine Industry, Gyeongsang National University)
Lee, Yong-Deuk (Marine Bio-Education and Research Center, The Institute of Marine Industry, Gyeongsang National University)
Park, Jong-Yul (Marine Bio-Education and Research Center, The Institute of Marine Industry, Gyeongsang National University)
Gwak, Woo-Seok (Marine Bio-Education and Research Center, The Institute of Marine Industry, Gyeongsang National University)
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Korean Journal of Ichthyology / v.30, no.2, 2018 , pp. 107-113 More about this Journal
Abstract
To observe species composition and seasonal variation of fish in the coastal area, monthly underwater visual census were conducted from October 2016 to September 2017 in Tongyeong, Korea. A total of 5,358 individuals belong to 45 species were observed during the study. Perciforme fish were the most dominant (29 species), followed by Scorpaeniformes (8 species), Tetraodontiformes (3 species). The most dominant species is Sebastes inermis (19.2%), and followed by Rudarius ercodes (18.5%). Thirty three species with the highest abundance were observed in October 2016 and only 4 species were observed in February 2017. Among three subtropical fishes, such as Chaetodontoplus septentrionalis, Labroides dimidiatus, and Ostracion cubicus, the latter 2 species were firstly observed in the southern coast of Korea. Compared with the previous studies using conventional tools such as beam trawl and seine net for fish collection, underwater visual census is much more efficient way to investigate fish diversity and assemblages in coastal waters.
Keywords
Fish assemblages; species composition; subtropical fishes; SCUBA;
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