A study of fish community on peat swamp areas was conduct in Siak and Peialawan, Riau Province. The aims of study are to know species composition/fish diversity, abundance, local distribution, potency, status and habitat types. The results were recorded 23 species belongs to 16 genera and 11 families.Cyprinid is dominant family with 6 species, Belontia hasselti is the most abundant and widest distributed, almost all species are belongs to ornamental fish; 4 endemic species were found.The habitat consist of three types.
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