Sains Malaysiana 45(6)(2016): 891–898
Morphometric
Variations among Three Different Populations of Cobia, Rachycentron canadum (Linnaeus
1766) in Peninsular Malaysia
(Variasi
Morfometri dalam Kalangan Tiga Populasi Cobia Berbeza, Rachycentron
canadum (Linnaeus 1766) di Semenanjung Malaysia)
S.M.
NURUL AMIN1, T.A. BABATUNDE1,2*, M.M.M. IHAB1, B.I. USMAN3 & R. ARA1
1Department of
Aquaculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang,
Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
2Department of
Biology, Umaru Musa Yaradua University, P M B 2218, Katsina, Nigeria
3Department of
Biology, School of Science, Federal College of Education, Kano, Nigeria
Diserahkan: 19 Januari 2015/Diterima: 5 Januari 2016
ABSTRACT
Cobia Rachycentron canadum, is
one of the emerging aquaculture species but is usually a non-target resource in
fisheries industry and within Malaysia, their landings are among the highest
worldwide. Identification of stocks with unique morphological characters is
important for effective management and sustainable utilization. Morphometric
variations among three different cobia populations from Kedah, Terengganu and
Johor were studied. All the morphometric characteristics varied among the three
populations as all the elements of the first Eigen vector were positive.
Discriminant analysis suggested that head depth (HD)
and maximum body depth, (MaxD) were the most varied among the populations.
Cobia populations from Kedah and Johor were in a single cluster in the
dendrogram with a 63.69% similarity while Terengganu was in another cluster
with a similarity of 8.01% from Kedah and Johor. The differences in the
observed morphometry may be resulted from different trophic activities and/or
habitat productiveness explored by each of the populations.
Keywords: Cobia; Malaysia; morphometric variation; population
size; Rachycentron canadum
ABSTRAK
Haruan tasik Rachycentron
canadum, adalah salah satu spesies akuakultur yang terkenal tetapi
selalunya tidak menjadi tangkapan utama dalam perikanan. Hasil
tangkapan ikan ini di Malaysia adalah antara yang tertinggi di seluruh
dunia. Pengenalan stok dengan sifat morfologi
yang unik adalah penting bagi pengurusan yang berkesan dan penggunaan
yang lestari. Kepelbagaian morfometri antara tiga populasi haruan tasik dari Kedah,
Terengganu dan Johor telah dikaji. Semua
sifat morfometri boleh dikatakan menyumbang kepada kepelbagaian
kerana semua unsur pada vektor Eigen pertama adalah positif.
Analisis perbezaan telah menunjukkan bahawa
panjang kepala (HD)
dan panjang badan maksimum (MaxD) adalah paling ketara bagi populasi
ini. Populasi haruan tasik dari Kedah dan Johor berada dalam
satu kluster dendrogram dengan 63.69% persamaan manakala Terengganu
berada dalam kelompok yang berlainan dengan persamaan sebanyak 8.01%
dari Johor dan Kedah. Perbezaan yang diperhatikan
pada morfometri tidak boleh diterjemahkan terus tetapi mungkin boleh
menjadi keputusan bagi perbezaan aktiviti trofik dan produktiviti
habitat bagi setiap populasi tersebut.
Kata kunci: Haruan tasik; Malaysia; Rachycentron canadum; saiz populasi; variasi morfometri
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