Checklist of Fishes at Pergau Lake, Jeli, Kelantan, Malaysia.

Trop Life Sci Res

Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.

Published: January 2019

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A survey was conducted to determine the diversity of fish in Pergau Lake, Jeli, Kelantan, Malaysia from 2 September to 18 October of 2016. Fish samples were collected at seven random sampling stations around the lake by using setting trap method. The collected samples were preserved in 10% formalin solution and delivered to the laboratory for further identification process. Fourteen species, namely as , , , , , , sp., , , , , , and , comprising of six families were collected during this study. From this study, family of Cyprinidae was the dominant species in Pergau Lake with exactly 50% of catch percentage, followed by family of Bagridae (29%), Cichlidae (10%), Clariidae (5%), Channidae (3%) and Pangasiidae (3%). This study shows that there is still a diversity of fish species in Pergau Lake, showing that the water and its environmental condition is very good.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6396892PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.21315/tlsr2019.30.1.10DOI Listing

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