Checklist of coral fishes in Lhoknga and Lhok Mata Ie Beaches, Aceh Besar, Indonesia

Abstract

The objective of the present study was to inventory the coral fish fingerling in Lhoknga and Lhok Mata Ie Beaches, Aceh Besar District, Aceh Province, Indonesia. The study was conducted from February to March 2019 in two locations, namely;Lhoknga Beach and Lhok Mata Ie Beach in Aceh Besar District, Aceh Province, Indonesia. The fish sample was caught using a handline hook and casting net. A total of 51 fish were sampled during the study, and it belongs to 8 orders, 11 families, 19 genera, and 25 species. The Labriformes was predominant with six genus and eight species followed by Scorpaeniformes (four species), Perciformes and Blenniiformes, four species respectively. Carangiformes, Mugiliformes, and Gobiiformes with two species, respectively and Anguilliformes with one species.In addition, Epinephelus was the predominant genus with four species.

Diversity of marine fish and their conservation status in Pusong Bay, Lhokseumawe City, Aceh Province, Indonesia

“…ti-Azizah 2009). The number of species of fish recorded in Pusong Bay (71) is also lower than the number recorded in several other areas in Aceh Province, such as Aceh River (44) (Dekar et al 2018), Meureubo River (32) (Irham et al 2018), Lhoknga and Lhok Mata Ie Coast (25) (Nur et al 2019a) and Sabee River (12) (Timorya et al 2018).…”

“…A higher number of families of fish (37) were recorded in Pusong Bay than at other locations in Aceh such as Simeulue Island (26 families) (Batubara et al 2017) and Lhoknga and Lhok Mata Ie Coast in the Aceh Besar Regency (11 families) (Nur et al 2019a). However, the number of families of marine fish recorded in Pusong Bay is lower than that of families of freshwater fish in Aceh Province, which is 41 families (Muchlisin and Si- Fig.…”

“…The 71 species of fish collected in Pusong Bay, Lhokseumawe City (Table 2) belonged to 15 orders, which is higher than that recorded in other areas in Aceh Province, such as Simeulue Island (12 orders) (Batubara et al 2017;Batubara et al 2018), Meurebo River (7 orders) and Mifa Bersaudara Inc. Area (7 orders) in the West Aceh Regency (Irhami et al 2018;Nur et al 2019b), Aceh River (12 orders) in the Aceh Province (Dekar et al 2018), Sabee River in the Aceh Jaya Regency (Timorya et al 2018) and Lhoknga and Lhok Mata Ie Coast (8 orders) in the Aceh Besar Regency (Nur et al 2019a). Thus based on the number of orders of fish, there is a higher diversity fish in the bay than in the river and coastal waters in Aceh Province.…”

“…There are inventories of the species of fish for several areas in Aceh, such as Aceh Besar Regency (Rizwan et al 2017;Dekar et al 2018;Dewiyanti et al 2019;Nur et al 2019a), Banda Aceh (Muchlisin et al 2017a;Fadli et al 2018;Perdana et al 2018), Sabang (Rudi et al 2009;Rudi et al 2012), Pidie (Nasir et al 2018), Central Aceh (Muchlisin et al 2013) and South-West Aceh (Muchlisin et al 2015;Batubara et al 2017;Muchlisin et al 2017b;Batubara et al 2018;Irhami et al 2018;Timorya et al 2018;Nur et al 2019b), but not for Pusong Bay, Lhokseumawe. Therefore, the aim of this study is to collect data that will be important for the management of fisheries and conservation of endangered species of fish in the future.…”

Komunitas ikan karang di perairan karang Pulau Weh, Sabang, Provinsi Aceh

“…Beberapa indikator terpilih untuk kepentingan pemantauan berkala perairan karang perlu disediakan sebagai basis data untuk melihat perubahan yang akan terjadi di kemudian hari. Kajian mengenai komposisi ikan karang di perairan Aceh telah dilaporkan oleh beberapa peneliti dari beberapa wilayah, diantaranya di perairan Simeulue (Batubara et al, 2017), pantai Lhoknga dan pantai Lhok Mata Ie (Nur et al, 2019), dan beberapa kawasan lainnya di Aceh Besar (Fadli et al, 2019). Namun kajian mengenai komposisi ikan karang di perairan karang Pulau Weh belum pernah dilaporkan sebelumnya.…”