Sains Malaysiana 41(10)(2012): 1193–1196
Light
Intensity Requirements for Feeding Behaviour by the Brown-marbled Grouper, Epinephelus
fuscoguttatus
(Keperluan Keamatan Cahaya untuk Perlakuan Pemakanan Ikan Kerapu
Harimau, Epinephelus fuscoguttatus)
Yukinori
Mukai1,*, Leong Seng Lim2, Kien Chee Lu3, Mohamed
Kamil Abdul Rashid1 & Shahbudin Saad1
1Institute of
Oceanography and Maritime Studies (INOCEM), Kulliyyah of Science
International
Islamic University Malaysia, Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah
Bandar
Indera Mahkota, 25200, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
2Borneo Marine
Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah
88400,
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
3Seed
Production Center, 177 Tanjung Badak, 89208, Tuatan, Sabah, Malaysia
Diserahkan:
10 November 2011 / Diterima: 19 Jun 2012
ABSTRACT
In this study, we investigated the feeding behavior of the
brown-marbled grouper, Epinephelus
fuscoguttatus with light intensities ranging over eight orders of magnitude
from 0–1000 lx to estimate the optimum light intensity for larval
rearing. Artemia ingestion
rates of E. fuscoguttatus of 36 days and 42 days old larvae were
measured in feeding behavior experiments and they were significantly higher
with light intensities ≥10 lx compared with feeding rates at ≤1 lx. E. fuscoguttatus larvae also exhibited Artemia ingestion rates in the dark or in dim lighting (0–1 lx) that were about
20% of the ingestion rates with ≥10 lx.
Keywords: Brown-marbled grouper, Epinephelus fuscoguttatus; feeding behavior;
ingestion rates; Visual thresholds
ABSTRAK
Dalam kajian ini kami telah menyelidik tabiat pemakanan ikan
kerapu harimau, Epinephelus fuscoguttatus dengan
keamatan cahaya berjulat lebih daripada lapan tingkat magnitud daripada 0
– 1000 lx bagi menentukan keamatan cahaya yang optimum untuk ternakan
larva ikan. Kadar pengambilan Artemia oleh larva E. fuscoguttatus pada umur 36 hari dan 42 hari diukur
dalam uji kaji tabiat permakanan dan didapati tinggi bersignifikan dengan
keamatan cahaya ≥ 10 lx jika dibandingkan dengan kadar pemakanan pada ≤ 1 lx.
Sebaliknya, larva ikan memperlihatkan kadar pengambilan Artemia dalam keadaan gelap atau cahaya
samar (0 – 1 lx) sebanyak 20% daripada kadar pengambilan dengan ≥ 10 lx.
Kata kunci: Epinephelus
fuscoguttatus; kadar pengambilan; kerapu harimau; tabiat permakanan; tahap
penglihatan
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