Diversity and Community Composition of Fishes in the Pusu River (Gombak, Malaysia)

• Published in: Journal of coastal research Vol. 82; no. sp1; pp. 150 - 155
• Main Authors: Jalal, K.-C.-A, Alifah, F.-K, Faizul, H.-N.-N, Mamun, A.-A, Kader, M.-A, Ashraf, M.-A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Fort Lauderdale The Coastal Education and Research Foundation 01-09-2018; COASTAL EDUCATION & RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. [CERF]; Allen Press Inc
• Subjects: Abundance; Cichlidae; Communities; Community composition; Creeks & streams; Development projects; Diversity; Dominant species; Ecosystem biology; Ecosystems; Environmental monitoring; Environmental protection; Fish; fish community; Freshwater fishes; Genetic diversity; Habitat loss; Habitats; Land clearance; Marine fishes; Nonpoint source pollution; Pollutant load; Pollution load; Pollution monitoring; Rainforests; River ecology; river Pusu; Rivers; Sand & gravel; Science; Species diversity; Stations; Sustainable development; Tropical climate; Tropical fish; Tropical fishes; Water monitoring; Water pollution; Water quality; Water quality management; Water shortages; Wildlife conservation; New York; Malaysia; Pakistan; United States > US; India
• ISSN: 0749-0208; 1551-5036
• DOI: 10.2112/SI82-021.1

Jalal, K.-C.-A.; Alifah, F.-K.; Faizul, H.-N.-N.; Mamun, A.-A.; Kader, M.-A., and Ashraf, M.-A., 2018. Diversity and community composition of fishes in Pusu River (Gombak, Malaysia). In: Ashraf, M.A. and Chowdhury, A.J.K. (eds.), Coastal Ecosystem Responses to Human and Climatic Changes throughout Asia. The Pusu River has been receiving increased pollution loads because of a significant amount of land-clearing activities for development projects. A total of 113 numbers of fishes belonging to six species under six families were recorded from Pusu River throughout the study period (November 2014–March 2015). The most dominant species were Barbonymus schwanenfeldii (38.9%) followed by Oreochromis mossambica (36.28%) under families Cyprinidae and Cichlidae, respectively. Similarly, the species Hypostomus plecostomus (10.62%), Channa striatus (6.19%), Notopterus notopterus (4.42%), Pristolepis fasciata (3.54%) under the family Loricariidae, Channidae, Notopteridae, and Pristolepididae were constituted of the total fish catch, respectively. A greater abundance (56.64%) of fish community was observed at station 3 compared to the other stations. This is a deeper pool area located near the rainforest area with less turbid water compared to the other stations. Second highest abundance (14.16%) was observed at station 2, while station 6 has shown the lowest abundance (2.65%). Overall Shannon diversity value (H′ = 1.399) indicates that Sg. Pusu, Gombak, is not highly diverse with the tropical fish species. The study suggests that a long-term continuous monitoring of water quality and fish diversity is needed to study for sustainable development of fishes in this fascinating tropical river (Sg.) Pusu.