Musamus Fisheries and Marine Journal
Volume 1 Number 2, April 2019

KEBIASAAN MAKAN MUDSKIPPER Boleophthalmus pectinirostris (Linnaeus, 1758) DI MUARA SUNGAI MARO KABUPATEN MERAUKE, PAPUA

Sunarni Sunarni (Jurusan Manajemen Sumberdaya Perairan, Fakultas Pertanian, Unmus)
Sisca Elviana (Jurusan Manajemen Sumberdaya Perairan, Fakultas Pertanian, Unmus)



Article Info

Publish Date
21 Apr 2019

Abstract

Food is one of the most important factors for fish. Food determines the extent of spread a types and can controlthe size of a population. Informations about feeding habits from mudskipper (B. Pectinirostris) is still verylimited, especially in the mouth of the Maro estuary, Merauke district, Papua. The purpose of this study is toexamine the feeding habits of mudskipper (B. Pectinirostris). Based on the analysis of Mudskipper's (B.pectinirostris) feeding habits which were found during the study consisted of 2 food types, namelyphytoplankton and mollusca. The main types of food Mudskipper (B. pectinirostris) is Rhizosolenia Hebetatafrom the Phytoplankton. Keywords: Mudskipper; Feeding habits; Maro Estuary

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Journal Info

Abbrev

fish

Publisher

Subject

Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology Immunology & microbiology

Description

Musamus Fisheries and Marine Journal is a peer-reviewed journal published by faculty of Agriculture Musamus University, Merauke, Indonesia. Musamus Fisheries and Marine Journal published twice a year (October and April) available in electronic and printed version. Hence, we are welcome submission ...