Morphometric variation among six families of larval fishes in the seagrass-mangrove ecosystem of Gelang Patah, Johor, Malaysia

Morphometnc data of six dominant families of fish larvae were examined to observe the degree of similarity among the six families. The experiment was conducted in the seagrass-mangrove ecosystems of Gelang Patah, Johor Strait, Peninsular Malaysia. Samples of fish larvae were collected by using bongo...

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Main Authors: Ara, Roushon, Sarker, S. M. Nurul Amin Harmuj Ali, Abd. Ghaffar, Mazlan, Arshad, Aziz
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Language:English
Published: Academic Journals 2013
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29222/
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author Ara, Roushon
Sarker, S. M. Nurul Amin Harmuj Ali
Abd. Ghaffar, Mazlan
Arshad, Aziz
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Sarker, S. M. Nurul Amin Harmuj Ali
Abd. Ghaffar, Mazlan
Arshad, Aziz
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description Morphometnc data of six dominant families of fish larvae were examined to observe the degree of similarity among the six families. The experiment was conducted in the seagrass-mangrove ecosystems of Gelang Patah, Johor Strait, Peninsular Malaysia. Samples of fish larvae were collected by using bongo net through 30 min subsurface tow. The six dominant families (Terapontidae, Gobndae, Sillaginidae, Nemipteridae, Blenniidae and Leiognathidae) were selected for the morphometric analysis using one-way ANOVA by SPSS and PRIMER 5 software for cluster analysis. All the morphometric characters, total length, standard length, body depth, snout length, head length, eye diameter and pre anal length of the six dominant families of the order Perciformes were found to be significantly different (p<0.05). The study is formed a basis for further extensive research to be earned out on larval fishes in Malaysian waters.
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spelling upm-292222016-06-20T08:07:36Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29222/ Morphometric variation among six families of larval fishes in the seagrass-mangrove ecosystem of Gelang Patah, Johor, Malaysia Ara, Roushon Sarker, S. M. Nurul Amin Harmuj Ali Abd. Ghaffar, Mazlan Arshad, Aziz Morphometnc data of six dominant families of fish larvae were examined to observe the degree of similarity among the six families. The experiment was conducted in the seagrass-mangrove ecosystems of Gelang Patah, Johor Strait, Peninsular Malaysia. Samples of fish larvae were collected by using bongo net through 30 min subsurface tow. The six dominant families (Terapontidae, Gobndae, Sillaginidae, Nemipteridae, Blenniidae and Leiognathidae) were selected for the morphometric analysis using one-way ANOVA by SPSS and PRIMER 5 software for cluster analysis. All the morphometric characters, total length, standard length, body depth, snout length, head length, eye diameter and pre anal length of the six dominant families of the order Perciformes were found to be significantly different (p<0.05). The study is formed a basis for further extensive research to be earned out on larval fishes in Malaysian waters. Academic Journals 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29222/1/29222.pdf Ara, Roushon and Sarker, S. M. Nurul Amin Harmuj Ali and Abd. Ghaffar, Mazlan and Arshad, Aziz (2013) Morphometric variation among six families of larval fishes in the seagrass-mangrove ecosystem of Gelang Patah, Johor, Malaysia. Asian Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances, 8 (2). pp. 247-256. ISSN 1683-9919; ESSN: 1996-3289 http://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=ajava.2013.247.256 10.3923/ajava.2013.247.256
spellingShingle Ara, Roushon
Sarker, S. M. Nurul Amin Harmuj Ali
Abd. Ghaffar, Mazlan
Arshad, Aziz
Morphometric variation among six families of larval fishes in the seagrass-mangrove ecosystem of Gelang Patah, Johor, Malaysia
title Morphometric variation among six families of larval fishes in the seagrass-mangrove ecosystem of Gelang Patah, Johor, Malaysia
title_full Morphometric variation among six families of larval fishes in the seagrass-mangrove ecosystem of Gelang Patah, Johor, Malaysia
title_fullStr Morphometric variation among six families of larval fishes in the seagrass-mangrove ecosystem of Gelang Patah, Johor, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Morphometric variation among six families of larval fishes in the seagrass-mangrove ecosystem of Gelang Patah, Johor, Malaysia
title_short Morphometric variation among six families of larval fishes in the seagrass-mangrove ecosystem of Gelang Patah, Johor, Malaysia
title_sort morphometric variation among six families of larval fishes in the seagrass-mangrove ecosystem of gelang patah, johor, malaysia
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