Biodiversity of Freshwater Fish in Kelekar Floodplain Ogan Ilir Regency in Indonesia

Muslim Muslim (Program Study of Aquaculture, Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, Sriwijaya University, Indralaya, South Sumatra, Indonesia. Jl. Palembang-Prabumulih KM 32, Indralaya, Ogan Ilir Sumatera Selatan, Indonesia. 30862)
Mochamad Syaifudin (Program Study of Aquaculture, Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, Sriwijaya University, Indralaya, South Sumatra, Indonesia. Jl. Palembang-Prabumulih KM 32, Indralaya, Ogan Ilir Sumatera Selatan, Indonesia. 30862)

Journal of Tropical Biodiversity and Biotechnology
Vol 7, No 1 (2022): April

The purpose of this study is to investigate fish biodiversity in the Kelekar floodplain. The study is explorative, with the determination of observation stations and with purposive sampling methods. Fishes were captured approximately 1.509 individuals consisting of 17 families and 24 species. The Shannon-Weiner diversity index was 2.394; 2.691; and 2.183 for station 1, 2, and 3, respectively. The Evenness index was 0.764; 0.871; and 0.806 for station 1, 2, and 3, respectively, meanwhile the highest value of Simpson’s dominance index was 0.045. The biodiversity index of the three stations was in the medium category.