• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.9-16
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• 2013

The growth and production of Aulichthys japonicus (6.70~15.32 cm TL) were investigated in an eelgrass bed of Dongdae Bay, Korea throughout 2006. A total 888 A. japonicus were collected with a small beam trawl. Growth in fish total length was expressed by the von Bertalanffy's growth equation as: $L_t=24.8257(1-e^{-0.5583(t+0.4816)})$. The densities, biomass, daily, annual production, and P/B ratio were $0.01{\pm}0.009/m^{-2}$, $0.17{\pm}0.16g/m^2$, $0.00006{\pm}0.00006g$ AFDW/$m^2$/day, 0.02g AFDW/$m^2$/yr, and 0.12, respectively. Monthly variation in production of A. japonicus was large; the peak occurred at July, September and November 2006 (0.000182, 0.000127 and 0.000123 g AFDW/$m^2$/day), where as the lowest value was 0.000003g AFDW/$m^2$/day at April and May 2006. Monthly change in production of A. japonicus was positive correlated with number of individuals, biomass and growth rate.

• Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.61-70
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• 1997

The spawning season, growth and feeding habit of tubesnout, Aulichthys japonicus were examined from the samples collected by a small beam trawl in the Zostera marina belt at the coastal water off Hamduck, Cheju Island, from May 1993 to May 1994. Tubesnout was the dominant species of overall 58 species collected in the study area throughout the year. The larvae and juvenile of tubesnout in the frequency distributions of body length began to appear in the Z. marina belt in March, and adults disappeared after May in the following year. The gonad weight index (GWI) and the condition factor (K) were high from November 1993 to January 1994 for males, while females were high from February to May 1994. Although tubesnout is an oviparous fish, males have the urogenital papilla. These results suggest that they were fertilized between November and January, and then males seemed to be died or move into other places. Females were examined to spawn from February to May. The stomach contents of tubesnout were dominated by copepoda smaller than ca. 1mm, Paracalanus, Oithona, Acartia, Oncaea and Harpacticoidae, accounting for 97% of total food items. The feeding habit of tubesnout did not vary by size. The fishes fed on Calanus, Euchaeta and decapoda larvae larger than ca. 3mm in March and April during the spawning season.

• Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.48-60
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• 1997

The species composition and seasonal variations of fish community in the Zostera marina belt at the coastal water off Hamduck, northern part of Cheju Island, were analyzed based on day and night samples collected by a small beam trawl from May 1993 to May 1994. The dominant species among the 58 fish species in 35 family were tubesnout, Aulichthys japonicus, gobie, Pterogobius zonoleucus, filefish, Rudarius ercodes, pipefish, Syngnathus schlegeli and sea catfish, Plotosus lineatus. These species comprised 86.1% in the number of individuals and 62% in biomass. The number of individuals and biomass were high between October and December, and low between January and April. About 90% of fishes were noncommercial and small-sized fishes, less than 14cm in total length. The larvae and juvenile fishes were collected in the study area throughout the year. The recruitments of dominant species were related to the seasonal variations of Z. marina utilized as a shelter or feeding ground. A japonicus, P. zonoleucus, Zoarchias glaber and Hexagrammos agrammus recruited between January and June, and R. ercodes, S. schlegeli, P. lineatus and Petroscirtes breviceps between July and December.

• Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.119-127
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• 2011

Fish species composition in eelgrass bed of Geoje island, Korea was determined using monthly samples collected by a surf net from August 2009 to July 2010. A total of 31 species, 1,387 individuals and 4,776.5 g of fishes were collected. The dominant species were Rudarius ercodes, Gymnogobius heptacanthus, Ditrema temminckii, Takifugu niphobles, Hypodytes rubripinnis, Chaenogobius annularis, Aulichthys japonicus, Syngnathus schlegeli, Pterogobius elapoides which accounted for 89.3% of total number of individuals of fish collected. Eelgrass biomass showed a peak in August (DW 154 g/$m^2$), low values in November (DW 31 g/$m^2$) to February (DW 41 g/$m^2$), and started growing from May (DW 78 g/$m^2$). The biomass of fish increased by the catch of a large number of Gymnogobius heptacanthus, Chaenogobius annularis, Pterogobius elapoides, Rudarius ercodes and Pseudoblennius percoides in May and September when the eelgrass grew fast. Meanwhile, Syngnathus schlegeli, Urocampus nanus and Aulichthys japonicus were collected year-round with no clear relationship to the biomass of eelgrass bed.

• Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.191-200
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• 2012

Fish species composition in eelgrass bed of Punghwa-ri in Tongyeong, Korea was determined using monthly samples collected by a surf net from November 2010 to October 2011. During the study period, a total of 30 species, 5,511 individuals and 6,933.4 g of fishes were collected. The dominant fish species were Pholis nebulosa, Syngnathus schlegeli, Rudarius ercodes, Pseudoblennius cottoides, Sebastes inermis, and Aulichthys japonicus which accounted for 93.4% of total number of individuals collected. Most fishes collected in the eelgrass bed belong mainly to small fish species or juveniles of large fish species. Eelgrass shoot density reached a peak in April 2011, and then decreased to a minimum in January 2011. The seasonal variation of fish assemblage in an eelgrass bed of Punghwa-ri was correlated to the variations in the water temperature, eelgrass density and biomass, and abundances of major prey organisms.

• Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.179-185
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• 2010

This is a study of the fish assemblages in eelgrass beds of Geoje Bay on Geoje Island, Korea. Samples were collected by surf net monthly from June 2006 to May 2007. A total 26 species, 1,825 individuals, and 4,483.1 g of fishes were collected. The dominant species were Acentrogobius pflaumii, Aulichthys japonicus, Gymnogobius heptacanthus, Rudarius ercodes, Chaenogobius annularis, Gymnogobius urotaenia, Syngnathus schlegeli, Pterogobius elapoides, Zoarchias glaber, Takifugu niphobles, Zoarchia suchidai. These species accounted for 90.6% of the total number of individuals and 76.2% of the biomass of the fishes collected. The fish assemblages in the eelgrass beds showed clear seasonal changes; the number of fish species and individuals increased in March and were highest in September, whereas the biomass attained its highest level in May and subsequently decreased. Meanwhile the species diversity indices showed their highest value in December.

• Proceedings of the Korean Aquaculture Society Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.138-138
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• 2003

우리나라 전남 동부 연안에서 확인된 해마 서식지를 대상으로 해마 이외의 혼재 유영 어류에 대한 생태 조사를 실시하였다. 조사는 전남 동부 연안의 해마의 서식이 확인된 수역에서 임의의 3 정점 (A, B, C)을 지정하여 채집하였다. 해마 채집 및 혼재 어류상 조사에는 소형 선박을 이용하였으며, 길이 45m, 폭 5m, 망목 크기 6~8mm의 어구를 사용하여 서식 생물을 채포하였다. 그리고 1회에 어획된 전 어종을 한 조사군으로 설정하였고 채집된 해마와 혼재 어종에 대해서는 각 어종별 분류키를 이용하여 분류하였다. 그리고 해마와 혼재 어류에 대해서는 0.1mm 범위에서 전장과 체장을 측정하였으며, 1mg 범위에서 체중을 측정하였다. 임의로 선정한 각 조사 정점별 채집된 해마와 혼재 어류상은 다음과 같다. 확인된 서식지는 전남 동부의 여수와 고흥 연안으로 각 지역별로 서식하고 있는 해마의 종류는 다소 차이가 있었는데 조사 정점 A와 B에서는 산호 해마 hippocampus sp. of. japonicus만이 관찰된 반면, 정점 c에서는 산호해마, 가시해마 Hippocampus sp. of. histrix, (참)해마 Hippocampus sp. cf. coronatus의 3종이 모두 관찰되었고 채집된 개체수도 정점 A와 B에서 1개체씩만이 관찰된 반면 정점 C에서는 5개체가 채집되어 다른 조사 정점에 비교하여 종의 수 및 개체수에서 매우 높은 결과를 나타내었다. 각 조사 정점별 관찰된 유영 어류상은 정점 A에서는 7종, 정점 B에서는 6종 그리고 정점 C에서는 12종의 어류가 관찰되었고, 이들 중 해마를 제외한 혼재 어종 수는 정점 A, B 및 C에서 각각 6종, 5종, 9종이 관찰되었다. 혼재 어종 중 감성돔, 복섬, 두줄 망둑, 실비늘치, 주둥치는 조사정점 A, B, C 모두에서 관찰되었다. 이 결과는 해마의 서식장 또는 산란장이 되는 조사 정점 C (36개체)가 다른 조사 정점 A (53개체)와 B (67개체)에 비교하여 해마의 어린 치어 또는 해마 성체를 포식할 수 있는 포식자의 개체수가 현격하게 낮기 때문인 것으로 판단된다. 그러나, 임의의 3 조사 정점에서 혼재 어종의 출현 종 수를 비교한 결과에서는 오히려 정점 A에서 6종, 정점 5에서 5종 그리고 정점 C에서 8종으로 나타나 정점 C에서 다소 높은 혼재 어종 수가 관찰되었다. 결국 해마의 서식지 주변 혼재 어종 특히, 혼재 어종의 개체수가 많을수록 해마의 서식 밀도를 감소시킬 가능성이 있는 것을 알 수 있었다. 한편, 다른 조사 정점에 비교하여 정점 C에서 출현 종 수가 높음에도 불구하고 출현 개체수가 매우 낮은 이유로 혼재 어종도 자어 또는 치어 시기에 해마 성체의 먹이로서 이용되었을 가능성도 배제할 수 없을 것으로 판단된다. 2003년 9월 (2일간)에 우리나라 전라남도 동부 연안에서 채집된 해마는 하루 오전과 오후 조석에 맞추어 4회에 걸쳐서 총 30여회 투망 작업한 결과 3종 62개체가 채집되었다.

• Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.202-220
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• 1997

A total of 57 species of fish species was collected by a trawl from the eelgrass bed in Kwangyang Bay. The dominant species were Pholis nebulosa, Syngnathus schlegeli, Leiognathus nuchalis, Pseudoblennius cottoides, Sebastes inermis, Favonigobius gymnauchen, which accounted for 69.9% of the total numbers of fish collected. Fish collected in the study area were primarily small fish species or early juveniles of large fish species. Only about 10% of fishes which were collected in the eelgrass bed exceeded 15cm in standard length. Seasonal variations in both species composition and abundance were major characteristics in the study area. The peak abundance occurred in spring, while the number of species was the highest in fall. However, both the number of species and abundance of fishes showed the lowest values in winter. High species diversity indices were observed in fall. Temperature, eelgrass standing crop and abundance of food organisms influenced seasonal changes of the fish community in the study area. More abundant and more diverse fishes were collected during nighttime than daytime.

• Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.55-64
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• 2018

Fish assemblages in a sandy shore and an eelgrass bed were compared based on monthly samples in the southern coastal water of Korea. Samples were collected by a beam trawl in the sandy shore and a surf net in the eelgrass from March to February 2012. The common fish species were Syngnathus schlegeli, Pseudoblennius cottoides, Pholis nebulosa, Favonigobius gymnauchen, Gymnogobius heptacanthus, Pseudopleuronectes yokohamae, Takifugu niphobles. Among them S. schlegeli, Urocampus nanus, P. cottoides, P. nebulosa, T. niphobles were high abundance in the eelgrass bed than in the sandy shore, whereas Acanthogobius flavimanus, Acentrogobius pflaumi, F. gymnauchen, G. heptacanthus, P. yokohamae were high in the sandy shore. Aulichthys japonicus, Hippocampus coronatus, Sebastes inermis, Lateolabrax japonicus, Siganus fuscescens were found in the eelgrass bed, and Thryssa hamiltoni, Mugil cephalus, Inimicus japonicus, Platycephalus indicus, Hexagrammos otakii, Furcina ishikawae, Liparis tanakae, Repomucenus curvicornis, and Eutaeniichthys gilli were observed in the sandy shore. Species composition and abundance varied seasonally in two habitats; The number of species and abundance was high in August and September, while biomass was the highest in April and September. Fish numbers as well as biomass were lowest in February. Number of individuals and biomass of fish in the eelgrass bed were significantly higher than those of in the sandy shore. Some fish preferred to live in the eelgrass were collected in the sandy shore, while fish preferred to live in the sandy shore were rarely collected in the eelgrass.

• Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.225-233
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• 2011

This is the attempt to study the fish assemblages in eelgrass bed of Jeogu on Geoje Island, Korea. Samples were collected by surf net monthly from August 2009 to July 2010. A total 38 species, 2,335 individuals, and 5,289.8g of fishes were collected. The dominant species were Chaenogobius annularis, Gymnogobius heptacanthus, Rudarius ercodes, Siganus fuscescens, Ditrema temminckii, Takifugu niphobles, Aulichthys japonicus, Pseudoblennius cottoides, Syngnathus schlegeli, Sebastes schlegelii, Pterogobius elapoides, Urocampus nanus, Takifugu pardalis, Hypodytes rubripinnis which accounted for 94.2% of total number of individuals of fish collected. Eelgrass biomass showed a peak in August (DW 121.5g/m$^2$), low values in November (DW 74.9 g/m$^2$) to February (DW 49.3g/m$^2$), and started growing from May (DW 112.8g/m$^2$). Gymnogobius heptacanthus, Sebastes schlegeli, Takifugu niphobles, Syngnathus schlegeli, Urocampus nanus were collected year-round with no clear relationship to the biomass of eelgrass bed.