GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION OF THE KAMPAR RIVER'S GIANT FEATHERBACK (Chitala lopis BLEEKER 1851) BASE ON MITOCHONDRIAL DNA ANALYSIS

Arif Wibowo (Researcher at Research Institute for Inland Waters Fisheries, Mariana-Palembang)
Ridwan Affandi (Bogor Agricultural University, Bogor)
Kadarwan Soewardi (Bogor Agricultural University, Bogor)
Sudarto Sudarto (Researcher at Reseach Institute of Cultured Ornamental Fish-Depok)

Indonesian Fisheries Research Journal
Vol 16, No 2 (2010): (December, 2010)

Although the giant featherback Chitala lopis is an important fish in Kampar River, the population structure has not been investigated. In this study, genetic diversity and population structure of giant featherback were examined using nucleotide sequence analysis of mitochondrial DNA control region for 54 fish collected from Kampar River.