Species Occurrence of Marine Fishes in Cheduba Island, Rakhine State, Western Myanmar

Year 2025, Volume: 7 Issue: 2, 310 - 317, 31.08.2025

Myo Min Tun

Abstract

A total of 32 species (31 genera) belonging to 22 families, 9 orders of collected fishes was identified from fish landing sites of Cheduba Island also called Man-Aung Island, Rakhine State, Western Myanmar from January 2023 to December 2023. Among them, two species (2 families, 2 orders) are cartilaginous fishes, and 30 species (20 families, 7 orders) are bony fish identified. Among them, the fish Urogymnus polylepis and Brevitrygon imbricata were the cartilaginous fishes and others were the bony fishes. The order Perciformes was abundant possessed families, geniuses and species. All species are caught by commercial catches in the study areas. Cheduba Island areas had both inshore and offshore fishing areas.

Keywords

Cheduba Island , marine fishes , occurrence , perciformes , rakhine state , Western Myanmar

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