• Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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• v.33 no.1
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• pp.27-33
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• 2015

Fish assemblages in the coastal waters off Gampo in the East Sea of Korea were analyzed using the samples of fishes collected with bottom trammel gill nets June, September, and December 2005 and, March 2006. During the study period, a total of 32 fish species, 695 individuals, and 180,012.0 g representing 21 families were collected. The fish assemblages predominantly consisted of Ditrema temminckii, which accounted for 52.4% of the number of individuals and 40.4% in the biomass. The next major specimens were Hexagrammos otakii, Sebastes schlegelii, Stephanolepis cirrhifer, Sebastes taczanowskii, Halichoeres poecilopterus. These six fishes accounted 77.6% of total number of individuals and 77.5% of total biomass. The number of fish species, the number of individuals and biomass were fluctuated with month. The number of species was highest in June 2005 and lowest in March 2006. The number of individuals and biomass was highest in September 2005 and lowest in June 2005.

• Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.273-278
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• 2016

The seasonal variations in species composition and abundance of the fish assemblage were studied in the rocky subtidal habitat around the Jam-do, Jinhae. Fish samples were collected monthly from September 2007 to July 2008 using a pot. During study, a total of 48 fish species belonging to 24 families were collected. The dominant species were Sebastes longispinis, Pseudoblennius cottoides, Sebastes inermis, Rudarius ercodes, Ditrema temminckii, Ernogrammus hexagrammus, which accounted for 71.0% of the total number of individuals collected. The number of species, number of individuals, biomass and diversity greatly fluctuated showing a peak in the number of species, number of individuals and species diversity in autumn, whereas the biomass was the highest in spring. Abundance of dominant species varied with season. S. longispinis was abundant during spring and summer, while the abundance of P. cottoides was higher during autumn and spring. S. inermis occurred with high number in September, December and May, whereas R. ercodes occurred exclusively during autumn.

• 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.

• Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.100-109
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• 2016

Species composition and distribution characteristics of fish were determined by monthly underwater visual census from September. 2013 to August, 2014 at Yeongunri off Tongyeong, Korea. The study area was divided into five habitat types by depth and substrate: (1) sand bottom as depth of 0~2 m, (2) seagrass bed of 2~5 m, (3) rocky outcrop of 0~2 m, (4) rocky bottom of 2~5 m, (5) sandy mud bottom of 5~8 m. A total of 1,673 individuals belonging to 43 species in 26 families were recorded during the study period. The number of species tended to decrease after October, 2013 and increase from March, 2014 showing the highest number in October (autumn), and lowest in January (winter). In terms of the number of species, Gobiidae was the most dominant family (7 species), followed by Scorpaenidae (4 species). Embiotocidae was the most abundant (26.1% in total number of individuals), followed by Scorpaenidae (19.9%) and Gobiidae (19.3%). The dominant species were Sebastes inermis (19.2%), Ditrema temminckii (13.1%), and Neoditrema ransonnetii (12.9%). The number of species and abundance were relatively high at the depth between 2 and 5 m on seagrass bed and rocky bottom, whereas they were lower at the depth between 0 and 2 m on the sand bottom, suggesting that seagrass beds and rocky bottoms provided the diverse habitats for various fish species in this sea.

• 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 Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.49 no.6
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• pp.883-888
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• 2016

We investigated fish species composition seasonally at the intake and discharge of Weolseong Nuclear Power Plant (WS-NPP) from February to November 2008 using a trammel net. At the intake, 121 individuals belonging to 28 species were collected, and 157 fish from 34 species were sampled at the WS-NPP discharge. Dominant species at the intake were Chelidonichthys spinosus (17.2%), Scomber japonicus (11.5%) and Ditrema temminckii (8.2%) at the intake, while Sillago japonica (18.5%), Chelidonichthys spinosus (13.4%) and Konosirus punctatus (8.3%) dominated at the discharge. The species count and diversity index at the discharge were highest during winter, whereas those at the intake were highest during spring, perhaps due to warm seawater at the discharge site. This study is the first to reveal an effect of effluent water on the aggregation of warm water fish species during winter.

• Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.234-243
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• 2006

A total 34 fish species, 1,110 individuals, and 5,107.3 g of fishes were collected by a surf net in the eelgrass bed in Jisepo Bay of Geoje Island, Korea. Samples were monthly collected from March 2005 to February 2006. The dominant fish species were Rudarius ercodes, Ditrema temminckii, Syngnathus schlegeli, Petroscirtes breviceps, which accounted for 73.5% of total number of individuals and 63.6% of biomass of fish collected. The number of species and biomass were low from March 2005 to July 2005, and high from August 2005 to October 2005. Species diversity indices ranged from 0.836 to 2.016, and showed the highest value in December 2005.

• Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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• v.33 no.1
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• pp.22-30
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• 2021

This study aimed to determine the monthly fish species composition in the eelgrass bed of Yeocha on Hansando Island, Korea, and to obtain fish species data by comparison with the nearby Bongam. The species composition was determined from monthly samples collected by a surf net from August 2009 to July 2010. During the survey, total 2,394 individuals of 29 species and 10,378 g of fish were collected. The dominant species were Gymnogobius heptacanthus, followed by Takifugu niphobles, Rudarius ercodes, Chaenogobius annularis, and Ditrema temminckii, accounting for 89% of the total individuals sampled and 83% of the fish biomass collected. The fish assemblages in the eelgrass bed varied seasonally; the number of individual fishes increased in May and was highest in July, whereas the biomass attained its highest level in April and subsequently decreased. This study confirms that the seagrass bed plays an important role as a fish nursery ground, and it is necessary to investigate changes in the coastal fishes of the southern coast via periodic surveys.