Abstract:
The study on fish diversity was conducted at Mengabang Telipot swamp
during pre-monsoon season from September to November 2006. There is a significant
change on the swamp ecosystem due to increasing water level, salinity, temperature
decrease and structure changing. A number of 96 individual consist 11 species were
found in the study sites. Family of Mugilidae dominated that area meanwhile family
of Carangidae was a rarest in that area. Marine fishes such as Liza subviridis and also
estuarine fishes such as Trichogaster trichopterus were the most dominant species can
be found here. Other rare species is Glossogobius sp. The diversity of fishes at
Mengabang Telipot swamp did not show big different among species. But the
distribution of species were depend on sampling location, and day night cycle.
