Vari, Richard P. Systematics of the Neotropical Characiform Genus Curimata Bosc (Pisces: Characiformes). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, number 474, 63 pages, 42 figures, 5 tables, 1989.—The genus Curimata Bosc (1817) is recognized as a monophyletic subunit of the family Curimatidae on the basis of a variety of synapomorphies in the gill arches, buccopharyngeal complex, and palatine arch....

We examined the effects of variation in swimming speed, or 'ram speed', on the feeding kinematics of juvenile Indo-Pacific tarpon, Megalops cyprinoides. Tarpon were filmed feeding on non-elusive prey at 500 images s(-1). Prey items were offered at one end of the filming tank, the opposite end where tarpon grouped, to encourage them to use a ram strategy to capture their prey. We describe tarpon...

Kekayaan sumberdaya perikanan di Kabupaten Merauke memang sangat melimpah. Hal ini dibuktikan dengan lokasi fishing ground nelayan yang hanya menangkap dari pinggiran pantai saja, salah satunya berlokasi Pantai Payum. Penelitian bertujuan untuk mengetahui komposisi hasil tangkapan tertangkap pada periode musim penghujan. Alat tangkap jaring insang hanyut digunakan selama penelitian dalam mengam...

Abstract Research of the influences time and sea surface temperature toward catch beach seines at Gampong Jawa, Banda Aceh conducted in December 2021 for 15 days. This research aims to analyze composition number catches, discover effect on catches seines, describe Jawa waters. The method used this uses a survey through observing collecting information directly location; data were analyzed descr...