Diversity of ornamental fish in peatlands Biosphere Reserve Bukit-Batu, Riau Province

Abstract

Fahmi M, Ginanjar R, Kusumah RV. 2015. Diversity of ornamental fish in peatlands Biosphere Reserve Bukit-Batu, Riau Province. Pros Sem Nas Masy Biodiv Indon 1 (1): 51-58. The peatlands are a marginal land which nowadays in a threatened status, because of degradation habitat and land conversion. This study was conducted to analyze the potential of ornamental fish in the peatlands forests and the peatland that has been converted to industrial land. The study was conducted by using sampling fish methods in the transition zone, buffer zone, and core zone and also by interviews with fishermen in these locations. Fish that have been collected subsequently identified and analyzed for their potential as an ornamental fish. The results showed that fish in the core zone was most diverse compared with other zones. There are 21 species which was identified have potential as an ornamental fish; Pangio kuhlii, Rasbora maculata, Rasbora doriocellata, Rasbora gracilis, Rasbora pauciferforata, Puntius pentazona, Puntius hexazona, Chaca bankanensis, Silurichthys hasselti, Silurichthys phaiosoma, Kryptoterus macrocephalus, Pelteobagus ornatus, Hemiramphorodon, Leiocassis porcilopterus, Mystus bimaculatus, Luciocephalus pulcer, Crossochelius oblongus, Osteochilus spilurus, Sphairichthys ospronemodes, Belontia haselty, while Helostoma temminckii, Channa pleurophthalamus, Channa striata was identified as the consumsion fish.