• Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.194-207
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• 1993

This paper deals with seasonal fluctuation of fish communities around the coast of Kunsan, Korea from 1992 to 1993. A total of 98 fish species with 82 genera, 47 families, and 14 orders were collected during the study. Among fishes caught by trawl net, Cynoglossus joyneri and Repomucenus ornatipinnis predominated throughout the year, and by long back net Harengula zunasi and Engraulis japonica except winter season. There is a difference between biomass caught by long back net and by trawl net, the former showing a peak in summer and the latter showing peaks in late spring and winter. This result appears to be due to the occurrences of Platycephalus indicus and Liparis tanakai for the spawning in investigated areas. Among the 14 species collected in the intertidal zone, 13 species of the family Gobiidae were mostly found in the spawning season. These results may suggest that the coastal area of Kunsan provides a good spawning ground for the coastal fishes. It is considered that the seasonal fluctuation of the abundance and species composition in fishes in this area is mainly affected by the water temperature and the bottom habitats.

• Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Sciences Society Conference
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• 2001.11a
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• pp.201-205
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• 2001

설악산 국립공원지역 산간계류의 17지점에서 2000년 6월부터 2001년 6월까지 어류상 및 이화학적 요인 분석을 실시하였다. 모든 조사지점은 1-3차 이내의 하천으로 비교적 물리ㆍ화학적 교란이 적었으며 하천폭은 5～30 m 정도였다. 채집된 어류는 총 17과 42종 2,557개체였고, Cyprinidae는 16종 2,165개체가 채집되어 84.7%의 상대풍부도를 나타냈으며, Cobitidae는 5종으로 Cyprinidae 다음으로 가장 많은 종이 채집되었으나 개체수는 109개체로 4.2%의 상대풍부도를 보였다. Gobiidae가 4종 (5.0%), Salmonidae는 모두 3종 (0.8%)이 채집되었다. 이외에도 Oryziatidae, Plecoglossidae, Amblycipitidae, Cottidae, Serranidae 등 12과는 각각 1종씩 모두 117개체 (4.6%)가 채집되었다. Cyprinidae는 전체 채집종의 37.2%를 나타냈다. 우점종은 Zacco temmincki로 10개 지점에서 738개체가 채집되어 28.9%의 상대풍부도를 나타냈으며, 아우점종은 Moroco kumtangensis와 Z.platypus로 각각 4개 지점 648개체 (25.3%)와 7개 지점 344개체 (13.5%)로 나타났다. 한국고유종 (Korean endemic species)은 모두 4과 11종 781개체로 30.5%의 상대풍부도를 나타냈으며, 고유화 빈도는 25.6%로 한국의 평균 고유화 빈도와 유사하게 나타났다 우점종은 M. kumkangensis (한국고유종 중 83.1%)로 나타났으며, 아우점종은 Coreoperca herzi (5.8%), Microphysogobio longidorsalis (3.8%)와 Coreloeuciscus splendidus (2.6%)로 나타났다. 본 조사에서 외래어는 채집되지 않았다. 어류의 다양성은 국립공원내에서보다 하천폭이 커지고 서식처자 비교적 다양한 경계지역의 하천 조사지점에서 더 높게 나타났다.따라서 국립공원의 경계지역에 대한 효율적인 생태적 관리가 요구되며, 국립공원 내의 어류의 다양성 유지와 회복을 위해서는 공원 내는 물론 경계지역 산지하천의 물리적 변형 (보, 제방, 석축 등)과 오염원의 유입 (점, 비점오염원)에 대한 고려가있어야 한다.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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• v.31 no.1
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• pp.45-52
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• 2013

The fish fauna of Munsom in Jeju-do, Korea, was investigated for a total of five times underwater from April 2009 to October 2010. Fish specimens were collected with a small net by SCUBA diving and fish specimens difficult to collect were photographed underwater using a underwater camera and a camcorder. The fish specimens collected from the sea around Munsom were identified as 91 species, belonging to 73 genera, 39 families, and 11 orders. Among them, the largest group was Order Perciformes, comprising 54 species and 21 families, consisting 59.3% in total number of species and the following 19 species of Order Scorpaeniformes was 20.8%. In this study Amblyeleotris sp. of family Gobiidae was discovered as new species by underwater photography in Korea. It was more the demersal fishes (55%) than the pelagic fishes (45%) and in social behavior pattern it was much more species swimming alone than schooling.

• Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.120-127
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• 2007

To investigate the skin of the flat-headed goby, Luciogobius guttatus, it was used 8 body regions such as the head, the upper and lower jaw, the chin, the back, lateral region, abdomen, and the operculum. The epidermis consisted of three layers: the outermost layer, middle layer and stratum germinativum (basal layer). The outermost layer consisted of rather flattened cells arranged in 1 to 4 layers and mucous cells. The middle layer consisted of large epidermal cells occupying the height of the epidermis with 1 to 10 layers, causing a web-shaped structure. Due to the large epidermal cells of the middle layer, L. guttaus had a thick epidermis. The large epidermal cell contains tonofilaments, lucent contents, and desmosome. The basal layer was comprised of a single layer having cuboidal cells. A large number of fine blood capillaries were found just under the basal layer. The dermis consisted mostly of stratum compactum with numerous blood capillaries but had no scale.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.33 no.3
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• pp.219-224
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• 2000

Reproductive biology of the naked-headed goby, Faronigobius gymnauchen was investigated by means of histological methods. The ovary was consisted of several ovarian lamellae and the oogonia originated from the inner surface of the ovarian lamella. The testis was seminiferous tubule One in internal structure. Seminiferous tubule was consisted of many testicular cysts which contained numerous germ cells in a same developmental stage. The size of group maturity was 4.5 cm intotal length. Gonadosomatic index(GSI) of the female and male was the highest in June and July, respectively. Reproductive cycle could be classified into the growing ($January{\~}March$), maturation ($April{\~}May$), ripe and spent (June{\~}July$), and recovery and resting ($August{\~}December$). Oocyte development was group-synchronous, and yolk nucleus was observed in the early growing oocyte.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.59-69
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• 1989

The goby genus Tridentiger of Korea is reviewed and keys to following four species of the genus Tridentiger are provided for T. trigenocephalus, T. obscurus, T. nudicervicus and T. brevispinis. Among them, T. brevispinis is reported for the first time from Korea with the descriptions and illustrations of other three species of this genus in this paper. The external features of T. brevispinis are very similar with those of T. obscurus, however T. brevispinis is distinguished from T. obscurus by having the shorter 3rd dorsal spine, lesser number of gill rakers and longer intestine length. T. obscurus lives in the river mouth and esturaies around the coast of Korea, while T. brevispinis is collected from only the fresh water area.

• Animal cells and systems
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.305-311
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• 2008

Age and growth of the mudskipper, Scartelaos gigas were investigated using the second actinost bone of the pectoral girdle, based on an analysis of 560 individuals collected from the mud flats in south west Korea. Specimens were collected semimonthly from March to September of 2003. Actinost and ring radii of each ring group showed a direct one-to-one relationship, with ring radius increasing in tandem with actinost radius. Monthly change in the marginal indices showed that ring formation occurred between May and July(mainly June), being supported by the monthly change in the gonadosomatic(highest in June) and hepatosomatic(lowest in July) indices. Because the species has not been found since November, when air temperature was less than about $10^{\circ}C$, it is thought to enter to hibernation. Therefore, it was suggested that the two new actinost rings may appear a year: one during the spawning season(May-July) and another during hibernation(since November). Although the growth of S. gigas must be limited to short periods each year from March to April and from August to October, its growth rate was considerably fast. The von Bertalanffy growth parameters of S. gigas were $TL_{\infty}$=179.36 mm, K=0.78 $year^{-1}$, $t_0$=-0.7762, and age-length key were $TL_1$=134.3 mm, $TL_2$=158.6 mm, $TL_3$=169.1 mm, $TL_4$=175.0 mm.

• Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.281-287
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• 2014

An olfactory organ in Scartelaos gigas, so-called mudskipper known as adaptation to an amphibious lifestyle, was investigated anatomically and histologically. S. gigas possessed the paired olfactory organ comprising respectively the one elongated canal and two nasal sacs, lacrimal and ethmoidal nasal sac. The sensory epithelium developed partly in the canal contained four distinct types of cells: (1) receptor cell with 3 to 4 cilia in number, (2) supporting, (3) basal, (4) mucus cell. The sensory epithelium was also of transitional layer as multi cellularity structure. The non-sensory epithelium had no sensory elements. The two nasal sacs possessed typically a lot of mucin droplets. These results might be considered that anatomical structure and histological characters of the olfactory organ showing in S. gigas is adapted to semi-aquatic life associated with its ecological habit and habitat.

• Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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• v.30 no.2
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• pp.119-124
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• 2018

Diversity of fish fauna and species list collected from the Imha-Dam Reservoir of the Nakdonggang River system were reviewed based on the published materials from 1992 to 2016. As a result of the present study, 46 freshwater fish species/subspecies belonging to 36 genera, 11 families, 4 orders were reported in the Imha-Dam Reservoir. Of them, Cyprinidae occupied 58.7% (27 species), Cobitidae 10.9% (5 spp.), Gobiidae 6.5% (3 spp.), and Siluridae, Centropomidae, Centrarchidae were 4.3% (2 spp.) in the number of species, respectively. The dominant species in the number of individuals was Erythroculter erythropterus (40.1%, 9,333 inds.), and the subdominant species was Opsariichthys uncirostris amurensis (9.8%, 2,281 inds.). Among 46 species/subspecies, 17 species (37.0%) were identified as endemic species to Korea. Three species were endangered fish species by the Ministry of Environment of Korea, five translocated species, and three exotic species were reported.

• Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.128-134
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• 2011

The feeding habits of scorpion fish, Sebastiscus marmoratus, were studied using 324 specimens collected in the coastal waters of Tongyeong, from January to December, 2009. The size of the specimens ranged from 9.8 to 30.1 cm in standard length (SL). S. marmoratusis was a piscivore that consumed mainly teleosts such as Engraulis japonicus, Clupea pallasi and gobid fishes. Of the fish species Engraulis japonicus was the most preferred prey. Its diet also includes shrimps and crabs. Hermit crabs, polychaetes, bivalves and euphausia were minor preys. Smaller individuals (<13 cm SL) fed mainly on shrimps, crabs and fishes. The proportion of shrimps and crabs decreased as body size increased, whereas the consumption of fishes gradually increased. Fishes accounted for almost stomach contents of larger individuals (more than 19 cm SL). Seasonal changes in the S. marmoratusis diet were significant. Fishes was most common prey during summer, autumn and winter, whereas crabs and shrimps were mainly consumed during spring.