COMPONENTS OF FISH FAUNA IN THE COASTAL WATERS OF HA TIEN, VIETNAM
LE THI THU THAO
Institute of Oceanography, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), Vietnam.
NGUYEN PHI UY VU
Institute of Oceanography, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), Vietnam.
TRAN CONG THINH
Institute of Oceanography, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), Vietnam.
TRAN THI HONG HOA
Institute of Oceanography, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), Vietnam.
VO VAN QUANG
Institute of Oceanography, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), Vietnam.
PHAN MINH-THU *
Institute of Oceanography, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), Vietnam and Graduate University of Science and Technology, VAST, Vietnam.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Ha Tien coastal waters, located in the Kien Giang Biosphere Reserve, recognized by UNESCO, are diverse and abundant of marine living resources. Based on samples collected in 2013-2018, this paper aims to provide a biodiversity data to setup database of fish fauna in the coastal waters of Ha Tien, Vietnam. Total of 199 fish species were identified belonging to 138 genera, 65 families, 21 orders, including approximately marine stenohaline fishes (43,22% of total) and euryhaline fishes (56,78% of total, living in fresh-brackish, brackish-marine and fresh-marine inhabits). The most dominated order was Perciformes with 89 species (44.7%), 59 genera (42.8%) and 27 families (41.5%), following was Gobiiformes with 18 species (9.0%), 15 genera (10.9%) and families 2 (3.1%). Three rare precious fish species were in the list of Vietnam Red Data Book (2007).
Keywords: Fish composition, fish fauna, coastal waters, rare precious fish species, Ha Tien, Vietnam