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APPROVAL/ACCEPTANCE SHEET
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KATRINA G. GEPILANO
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
manuscript;
Arts in Sciences, who were the reason why the author had the
university;
Nene, Ate Bi, Ating and Kuya Don, for the unending love, huge
support and for always believing in him and for all of their
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ABSTRACT
Channidae.
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species (3 species).
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. APPROVAL/ACCEPTANCE SHEET ii
III. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv
V. ABSTRACT vii
X. INTRODUCTION 1
XII. METHODOLOGY 34
LIST OF TABLES
(May 2021)
River(May 2021)
2021)
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LIST OF FIGURES
LIST OF APPENDICES
installation
measurement
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
freshwater species.
et al. 2011).
2004)
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al. 2001; Ong et al. 2002) Hence, knowledge about the status
et al. 1998).
from Lake Bato in Albay and Camarines Sur, 6 meters above sea
mouth at San Miguel Bay. Three lakes, Lake Buhi, Lake Baao,
and Lake Bato, drain water into the Bicol River. The river
the Sipocot River. Unlike the main river, the Sipocot River
its main land. The prime mode of transportation back then was
agriculture.
fish catch every time they try to catch fish in the river.
the local’s diet. There are only few fishermen fish the river
but most of the locals catch fish for their own consumption
River.
to:
site; and
in Gainza River.
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following:
Gainza River.
The study site covered three sampling sites at the study area.
CHAPTER II
Fish Species
sharks, rays and chimaeras, and the finned bony fishes. The
for some large basins (e.g. the Amazon basin) where they
(complete) is presented.
each collection.
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threatened species.
Siluridae.
the fish samples were collected at the local fish market from
fishermen.
future.
catching sites along the river in the study area. These are
villagers is fishery.
were used in the study area during study period. These were
set gill net (tan- paik), set gill net (wri-tapaik) and drift
Pakokku environ.
the selected stream reaches and between the two seasons (wet
species.
equipment.
river systems.
done on almost the same time of the day in which samples are
Dampalit Falls had twelve but with five native and one endemic
species; and Cambantoc River had nine with two native species.
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Reserve.
passive gears which include beach seine, fish traps, gill net
inventory of species.
gill net, fish traps, spear gun, cast net, crab pot and hook
fishing gears are traditional like spear gun, seine net, traps
several gear types which include fish and shrimp traps and
pots; hook and line (HL); push net (PN); cast net (CN); and
and Nieves in 2020 was conducted along the Bicol River Basin
were focused not only on fish species but also to the mollusk
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CHAPTER III
METHODOLOGY
Study Area
area of the Gainza is located at 13° 37' North, 123° 8' East
the San Miguel Bay of the coastal area of Cabusao through the
(Figure 4).
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Minalabac
The study was conducted during the dry season of the year, in
meter transect line was set parallel and along this transect
customized fish net and three umbrella traps that were set
each. The three customized fish net and umbrella fish traps
part (Figure 5). The flow of the river went through the
that comes across the fish net and umbrella fish traps. The
(mesh size: 3cm, length: 15-30 meters, width: 1 meter, square holes)
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customized fish nets were locked at the top with buoyant line
which holds the net firmly on top as a float line and was
net firmly (Hubert, et al., 2012) and the umbrella fish traps
were placed along each sampling point and was anchored on the
river bank. The fish nets were arranged in such a way that
al. (2015) and Paller, et al. (2011), and was modified to fit
guide were all taken from the study site by the researcher
background.
name of the fishes collected were based from the fish guide
Data Analysis
𝒂𝒊
𝑹𝑨 = x 100%
𝑨
Where:
sampling area
Species Diversity
environmental pollution.
𝐻 ′ = ∑(𝑝𝑖)(𝐼𝑛𝑝𝑖)
of samples
Ln - Natural Logarithm
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𝑛𝑖
𝑃𝑖 =
𝑁
Where:
community
H’ ≤ 1 = Low diversity
H’ ≥ 3 = High diversity
Species Dominance
Formula shows:
𝑛𝑖 2
𝐷 = ∑( )
𝑁
Where:
Species Richness
CHAPTER IV
Table 1. Fish species identified in the sampling site at Gainza River (May 2021)
Scientific English
Fish Species Order Family Local Name
Name Name
Ambassis Scalloped
Perciformes Ambassidae Bakagan
nalua perchlet
Anabas Climbing
Perciformes Anabantidae Puyo
testudineus perch
Channa Snakehead
Perciformes Channidae Talosog
striata murrel
Clarias Walking
Siluriformes Clariidae Taiwan/Hito
batrachus catfish
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Table 1. continued...
Scientific English
Fish Species Order Family Local Name
Name Name
Cyprinus Common
Cypriniformes Cyprinidae Karpa
carpio carp
Glossogobius
Perciformes Gobiidae Tank goby Bakla
giuris
Oreochromis Nile
Perciformes Cichlidae Tilapya
niloticus Tilapia
Trichopodus Snakeskin
Perciformes Osphronemidae Mirapina
pectoralis gourami
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fin spines, dusky scales on the back and along the dorsal and
(1991), Powell (1999) and Sichum, et al. (2013) and that this
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margin of gill cover. The young ones have a dark spot on gill
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white below. Its dorsal and anal fins are darker in color
have dark patches. Its caudal part is also dark and it has
two vertical bands on its base and has a pale paired fin. It
was surrounded with rice fields. High tide in the river occurs
tide follows after that and some fishes are trap in the areas
where the water usually are and when the low tide comes,
several fishes lost their way back to the river but the
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from the species found in India and Thailand (Quilang and Yu,
broad, flat head and an elongate body which tapers toward the
Its eyes are small. The dorsal fin is continuous and extends
along the back two-thirds of the length of the body but there
fins. Its pectoral spines are large and robust and finely
fields, rice paddies, and pools left in low spots after rivers
ponds and streams where they remain dormant until the spring
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its small eyes, thick lips, two barbels at each corner of the
2005). The color of carp varies; in the wild, they are usually
3°C to 32°C. Part of the reason why common carp are successful
aquatic organisms (Saikia & Das, 2009). Adult common carp are
Driver et al., 2005; Saikia & Das 2009). Common carp are
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1992)
this goby has played a major role in the food supply in the
al. 2013).
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pelvis and anal fins. There are usually wide vertical bars
films (FAO 2012) and even other fish larvae and eggs. O.
et al. 2012).
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fin. Its anal fin is nearly the length of the body and the
from the snout, through the eye, and to the caudal peduncle
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white. The rear part of the body may be marked with faint
The fins are also gray-green, and the iris of the eye may
male fish are pointed and the pelvic fins are orange to red.
The males are also slimmer than the less colorful females.
lines from the eye to the base of the tail. This species can
the lower Mekong River and gradually moves back to rivers and
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niloticus.
striata (1%).
2% 1%
10%
28%
11%
11%
24%
13%
(Figure 18).
2 but not in Point 3 during the 1st and 3rd day of collection.
“Bakla” was found in all sampling points on the first day but
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was not found in Point 3 on the 2nd and 3rd day of the
“Mirapina” was found in all sampling points on the 1st day but
it was only found on Point 1 and 2 on the 2nd and 3rd day of
“Bakagan” was only found in Point 1 of the 1st and 2nd day of
collected.
spp.) were observed in the study area but was not collected
waters during wet season making this the reason why few
river which is mainly the reason why only few o this species
in the ecosystems.
fish species in the river (Rosana et al. 2006) and they become
catches fish in the river uses fishing gears like fish traps,
electrofishing and gill nets with very small size which can
few species.
with the study of Paller (2013) and Bien (2018) which has
2020).
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SHANNON-WEINER
FISH SPECIES P1 P2 P3
DIVERSITY (H’)
TOTAL D = 0.188
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The last specie which is Channa striata was caught on the 3rd
Field Guide
Anabas testudineus
Clarias batrachus
Ambassis nalua
Cyprinus carpio
Channa striata
3 1
Total 8
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CHAPTER V
Summary
striata (1%).
Conclusion
Recommendations
of freshwater fishes;
Bicol River.
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APPENDICES
APPENDIX F. continuation…
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Number of Species
Species Name Pi Pi(lnPi)
Collected
A. testudineus 11 0.11 -0.243
H’= 1.804
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Number of Species
Species Name ni/N Sum(ni/N)^2
Collected
A. testudineus 11 0.11 0.0121
Total 100
D 0.1876
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